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ABSTRACT

Provided are novel compounds that inhibit LRRK2 kinase activity, processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of or prevention of diseases associated with or characterized by LRRK2 kinase activity, for example Parkinson&#39;s disease, Alzheimer&#39;s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to novel compounds that inhibit LRRK2kinase activity, processes for their preparation, compositionscontaining them and their use in the treatment of diseases associatedwith or characterized by LRRK2 kinase activity, for example, Parkinson'sdisease, Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterizedby selective degeneration and cell death of dopaminergic neurons in thesubstantial nigra region of the brain. Parkinson's disease was generallyconsidered to be sporadic and of unknown etiology, but, in the last 15years, there has been an important development of the understanding ofthe genetic basis of this disease and associated pathogenic mechanisms.One area of the development is the understanding of leucine rich repeatkinase 2 (LRRK2) protein. A number of mis-sense mutations in the LRRK2gene have been strongly linked with autosomal dominant Parkinson'sdisease in familial studies (See WO2006068492 and WO2006045392; Trinhand Farrer 2013, Nature Reviews in Neurology 9: 445-454; Paisan-Ruiz etal., 2013, J. Parkinson's Disease 3: 85-103). The G2019S mutation inLRRK2 is the most frequent mis-sense mutation and is associated with aclinical phenotype that closely resembles sporadic Parkinson's disease.The LRRK2 G2019S mutation is also present in approximately 1.5% ofsporadic Parkinson's disease cases (See Gilks et al., 2005, Lancet, 365:415-416). In addition to the known pathogenic coding mutations in LRRK2,additional amino acid coding variants of LRRK2 have been identified thatare also associated with risk of developing Parkinson's disease (SeeRoss et al., 2011 Lancet Neurology 10: 898-908). Furthermore,genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified LRRK2 as aParkinson's disease susceptibility locus, which indicates that LRRK2 maybe also relevant to sporadic Parkinson's disease cases without mutationsthat cause amino acid substitutions in the LRRK2 protein. (See Satake etal., 2009 Nature Genetics 41:1303-1307; Simon-Sanchez et al 2009 NatureGenetics 41: 1308-1312)

LRRK2 is a member of the ROCO protein family and all members of thisfamily share five conserved domains. The most common pathogenic mutationG2019S occurs in the highly conserved kinase domain of LRRK2. Thismutation confers an increase in the LRRK2 kinase activity in in vitroenzyme assays of recombinant LRRK2 proteins (See Jaleel et al., 2007,Biochem J, 405: 307-317) and in LRRK2 proteins purified from G2019S PDpatient-derived cells (See Dzamko et al., 2010 Biochem. J. 430:405-413). A less frequent LRRK2 pathogenic mutation that confers aminoacid substitution at a different residue, R1441, has also been shown toelevate LRRK2 kinase activity by decreasing the rate of GTP hydrolysisby the GTPase domain of LRRK2 (See Guo et al., 2007 Exp Cell Res. 313:3658-3670; West et al., 2007 Hum. Mol Gen. 16: 223-232). Moreover,phosphorylation of Rab protein physiologic substrates of LRRK2 has beenshown to be increased by a range of Parkinson's disease pathogenicmutations of LRRK2 (See Steger et al., 2016 eLife 5 e12813). Therefore,the evidence indicates that the kinase and GTPase activities of LRRK2are important for pathogenesis, and that the LRRK2 kinase domain mayregulate overall LRRK2 function (See Cookson, 2010 Nat. Rev. Neurosci.11: 791-797).

There is evidence to show that the increased LRRK2 kinase activity isassociated with neuronal toxicity in cell culture models (See Smith etal., 2006 Nature Neuroscience 9: 1231-1233) and kinase inhibitorcompounds protect against LRRK2-mediated cell death (See Lee et al.,2010 Nat. Med. 16: 998-1000). LRRK2 has also been reported to act as anegative regulator of microglial-mediated clearance of alpha-synuclein(See Maekawa et al., 2016 BMC Neuroscience 17:77), suggesting a possibleutility of LRRK2 inhibitors in promoting clearance of neurotoxic formsof alpha-synuclein in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from LRRK2 G2019SParkinson's disease patients have been found to exhibit defects inneurite outgrowth and increased susceptibility to rotenone, that may beameliorated by either genetic correction of the G2019S mutation ortreatment of cells with small molecule inhibitors of LRRK2 kinaseactivity (See Reinhardt et al., 2013 Cell Stem Cell 12: 354-367).Mitochondrial DNA damage has been reported as a molecular marker ofvulnerable dopamine neurons in substantia nigra of postmortemParkinson's disease specimens (See Sanders et al 2014 Neurobiol. Dis.70: 214-223). Increased levels of such mitochondrial DNA damageassociated with LRRK2 G2019S mutation in iSPCs is blocked by geneticcorrection of the G2019S mutation (See Sanders et al., 2014 Neurobiol.Dis. 62: 381-386).

Additional evidence links LRRK2 function and dysfunction withautophagy-lysosomal pathways (See Manzoni and Lewis, 2013 Faseb J.27:3234-3429). LRRK2 proteins confer defects in chaperone-mediatedautophagy that negatively impact the ability of cells to degradealpha-synuclein (Orenstein et al., 2013 Nature Neurosci. 16 394-406). Inother cell models, selective LRRK2 inhibitors have been shown tostimulate macroautophagy (See Manzoni et al., 2013 BBA Mol. Cell Res.1833: 2900-2910). These data suggest that small molecule inhibitors ofLRRK2 kinase activity may have utility in the treatment of diseasescharacterized by defects in cellular proteostasis that result fromaberrant autophagy/lysosomal degradation pathways including forms ofParkinson's disease associated with GBA mutations (See Swan andSaunders-Pullman 2013 Curr. Neurol. Neurosci Rep. 13: 368), otheralpha-synucleinopathies, tauopathies, Alzheimer's disease (See Li etal., 2010 Neurodegen. Dis. 7: 265-271) and other neurodegenerativediseases (See Nixon 2013 Nat. Med. 19: 983-997) and Gaucher disease (SeeWestbroek et al., 2011 Trends. Mol. Med. 17: 485-493). As promoters ofautophagy, small molecule inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase may also haveutility in treatment of other diseases including diabetes, obesity,motor neuron disease, epilepsy and some cancers (See Rubinsztein et al.,2012 Nat. Rev. Drug Discovery 11: 709-730), pulmonary diseases such aschronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(See Araya et al., 2013 Intern. Med. 52: 2295-2303) and autoimmunediseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (See Martinez et al., 2016Nature 533: 115-119). As promoters of autophagy and phagocyticprocesses, small molecule inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase may also haveutility in augmenting host responses in treatment of a range ofintracellular bacterial infections, parasitic infections and viralinfections, including diseases such as tuberculosis (See Rubinsztein etal., 2012 Nat. Rev. Drug Discovery 11: 709-730; Araya et al., 2013Intern. Med. 52: 2295-2303; Gutierrez, Biochemical Society Conference;Leucine rich repeat kinase 2: ten years along the road to therapeuticintervention, Henley Business School, UK 12 Jul. 2016), HIV, West NileVirus and chikungunya virus (see Shoji-Kawata et al., 2013 Nature 494:201-206). LRRK2 inhibitors may have utility in treatment of suchdiseases alone, or in combination with drugs that directly target theinfectious agent. Further, significantly elevated levels of LRRK2 mRNAhave also been observed in fibroblasts of Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC)disease patients compared with fibroblasts of normal subjects, whichindicates that aberrant LRRK2 function may play a role in lysosomaldisorders (See Reddy et al., 2006 PLOS One 1 (1):e19 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000019—supporting information Dataset 51). Thisobservation suggests that LRRK2 inhibitors may have utility fortreatment of NPC.

The PD-associated G2019S mutant form of LRRK2 has also been reported toenhance phosphorylation of tubulin-associated Tau (See Kawakami et al.,2012 PLoS ONE 7: e30834, doi 10.1371), and disease models have beenproposed in which LRRK2 acts upstream of the pathogenic effects of Tauand alpha-synuclein (See Taymans & Cookson, 2010, BioEssays 32:227-235). In support of this, LRRK2 expression has been associated withincreased aggregation of insoluble Tau, and increased Tauphosphorylation, in a transgenic mouse model (See Bailey et al., 2013Acta Neuropath. 126:809-827). Over-expression of the PD pathogenicmutant protein LRRK2 R1441G is reported to cause symptoms of Parkinson'sdisease and hyperphosphorylation of Tau in transgenic mouse models (SeeLi, Y. et al. 2009, Nature Neuroscience 12: 826-828). Therefore, thesedata suggest that LRRK2 inhibitors of kinase catalytic activity may beuseful for the treatment of tauopathy diseases characterized byhyperphosphorylation of Tau such as argyrophilic grain disease, Pick'sdisease, corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy andinherited frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome17 (FTDP-17) (See Goedert, M and Jakes, R (2005) Biochemica etBiophysica Acta 1739, 240-250). In addition, LRRK2 inhibitors may haveutility in treatment of other diseases characterized by diminisheddopamine levels such as withdrawal symptoms/relapse associated with drugaddiction (See Rothman et al., 2008, Prog. Brain Res, 172: 385).

Other studies have also shown that overexpression of the G2019S mutantform of LRRK2 confers defects in subventricular zone (SVZ)neuroprogenitor cell proliferation and migration in transgenic mousemodels (See Winner et al., 2011 Neurobiol. Dis. 41: 706-716) and reducesneurite length and branching cell culture models (See Dachsel et al.,2010 Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 16: 650-655). Moreover, it wasreported that agents that promote SVZ neuroprogenitor cell proliferationand migration also improve neurological outcomes following ischemicinjury in rodent models of stroke (See Zhang et al., 2010 J. Neurosci.Res. 88: 3275-3281). These findings suggest that compounds that inhibitaberrant activity of LRRK2 may have utility for the treatments designedto stimulate restoration of CNS functions following neuronal injury,such as ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury.

Mutations in LRRK2 have also been identified that are clinicallyassociated with the transition from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) toAlzheimer's disease (See WO2007149798). These data suggest thatinhibitors of LRRK2 kinase activity may be useful for the treatmentdiseases such as Alzheimer's disease, other dementias and relatedneurodegenerative disorders.

Aberrant regulation of normal LRRK2 proteins is also observed in somedisease tissues and models of disease. Normal mechanisms oftranslational control of LRRK2 by miR-205 are perturbed in some sporadicPD cases, where significant decreases in miR-205 levels in PD brainsamples concur with elevated LRRK2 protein levels in those samples (SeeCho et al., (2013) Hum. Mol. Gen. 22: 608-620). Therefore, LRRK2inhibitors may be used in treatment of sporadic PD patients who haveelevated levels of normal LRRK2 proteins.

In an experimental model of Parkinson's disease in marmosets, anelevation of LRRK2 mRNA is observed in a manner that correlates with thelevel of L-Dopa induced dyskinesia (See Hurley, M. J et al., 2007 Eur.J. Neurosci. 26: 171-177). This suggests that LRRK2 inhibitors may havea utility in amelioration of such dyskinesias.

Significantly elevated levels of LRRK2 mRNA have been reported in ALSpatient muscle biopsy samples (See Shtilbans et al., 2011 AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis 12: 250-256) It is suggested that elevated levels ofLRRK2 kinase activity may be a characteristic feature of ALS. Therefore,this observation indicated that LRRK2 inhibitor may have utility fortreatment of ALS.

There is also evidence indicating that LRRK2 kinase activity may play arole in mediating microglial proinflammatory responses (See Moehle etal., 2012, J. Neuroscience 32: 1602-1611). This observation suggests apossible utility of LRRK2 inhibitors for treatment of aberrantneuroinflammatory mechanisms that contribute a range ofneurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer'sdisease, multiple sclerosis, HIV-induced dementia, amyotrophic lateralsclerosis, ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cordinjury. Some evidence also indicates that LRRK2 plays a role inregulating neuronal progenitor differentiation in vitro (See Milosevic,J. et al., 2009 Mol. Neurodegen. 4: 25). This evidence suggests thatinhibitors of LRRK2 may have a utility in production of neuronalprogenitor cells in vitro for consequent therapeutic application in cellbased-treatment of CNS disorders.

It has been reported that Parkinson's disease patients bearing LRRK2G2019S mutation display increased frequency of non-skin cancers,including renal, breast, lung, prostate cancers as well as acutemyelogenous leukemia (AML). Since there is evidence to show that G2019Smutation in LRRK2 increases catalytic activity of the LRRK2 kinasedomain, small molecule inhibitors of LRRK2 may have a utility intreatment of cancers, for example kidney cancer, breast cancer, lungcancer, prostate cancer (e.g. solid tumors) and blood cancer (See. AML;Saunders-Pullman et al., 2010, Movement Disorders, 25:2536-2541;Inzelberg et al., 2012 Neurology 78: 781-786). Amplification andover-expression of LRRK2 has also been reported in papillary renal andthyroid carcinomas, where co-operativity between LRRK2 and the METoncogene may promote tumor cell growth and survival (See Looyenga etal., 2011 PNAS 108: 1439-1444.)

Some studies suggested that genetic association of common LRRK2 variantswith susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (See Danoy P, et al.,2010. PLoS Genet.; 6(12):e1001195; and leprosy infection. (See Zhang FR, et al. 2009, N Engl J Med. 361:2609-18.) These findings suggest thatinhibitors of LRRK2 may have a utility in the treatment of ankylosingspondylitis and leprosy infection.

Meta-analysis of three genome wide associated scans for Crohn's diseaseidentified a number of loci associated with the disease, including thelocus containing the LRRK2 gene (See Barrett et al., 2008, NatureGenetics, 40: 955-962). Evidence has also emerged that LRRK2 is an IFN-γtarget gene that may be involved in signaling pathways relevant toCrohn's disease pathogenesis (See Gardet et al., 2010, J. Immunology,185: 5577-5585). These findings suggest that inhibitors of LRRK2 mayhave utility in the treatment of Crohn's disease.

As an IFN-γ target gene, LRRK2 may also play a role in T cell mechanismsthat underlie other diseases of the immune system such as multiplesclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Further potential utility of LRRK2inhibitors comes from the reported finding that B lymphocytes constitutea major population of LRRK2 expressing cells (See Maekawa et al. 2010,BBRC 392: 431-435). This suggests that LRRK2 inhibitors may be effectivein treatment of diseases of the immune system for which B cell depletionis, or may be, effective in diseases such as lymphomas, leukemias,multiple sclerosis (See Ray et al., 2011 J. Immunol. 230: 109),rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune hemolyticanemia, pure red cell aplasia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP), Evans syndrome, vasculitis, bullous skin disorders, type 1diabetes mellitus, Sjogren's syndrome, Devic's disease and inflammatorymyopathies (See Engel et al., 2011 Pharmacol. Rev. 63: 127-156; Homam etal., 2010 J. Clin. Neuromuscular Disease 12: 91-102).

WO2016036586 and WO2017012576 disclose a series of compounds describedas inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and their use in the treatment ofdiseases, including, inter alia, Parkinson's disease. Unmet needs existfor new treatments that will halt or slow disease progression both interms of motor (e.g. control of gait dysfunction, freezing, and posturalimbalance) and non-motor symptoms (e.g. PD-associated dementia),reducing the need for escalating use of symptomatic medications andassociated long-term adverse effects of currently available treatment(e.g. dyskinesia and on/off fluctuations) maintaining independence forlonger.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides, in a first aspect, compounds of Formula(I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof:

wherein

-   -   R¹ is selected from the group consisting of CN, C₁₋₃ alkyl, C₁₋₃        alkoxy, C₁₋₃haloalkyl, and C₃ cycloalkyl;    -   R² is selected from the group consisting of H, halo, CN,        C₁₋₃alkyl and C₁₋₃haloalkyl;    -   R³ is selected from the group consisting of:    -   a) an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring optionally        substituted with one or two substituents independently selected        from the group consisting of:        -   halo,        -   hydroxyl,        -   C₁₋₆alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with            one or two substituents independently selected from the            group consisting of: halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃alkoxy and            cyclopropyl, and        -   C₁₋₆ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted            with one or two substitutents independently selected from            the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl,        -   wherein when the N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring            contains a substitutable nitrogen atom, the group of            substitutents also includes a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring            which is optionally substituted with one, two or three            substitutents independently selected from halo, hydroxyl,            and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, with the proviso that the 4-6 membered            heterocyclyl ring is attached to said substitutable nitrogen            atom;    -   b) NHR⁸; and    -   c) OR⁸;    -   R⁴ and R⁵ are independently selected from the group consisting        of H, hydroxyl and halo;    -   R⁶ is halo, hydroxyl or —(CH₂)_(n)SO₂C₁₋₃alkyl, wherein n is 0,        1, 2 or 3;    -   R⁷ is selected from the group consisting of        -   H,        -   Cyclopropyl,        -   C₁₋₃alkyl, optionally substituted with one, two or three            substitutents independently selected from the group            consisting of halo, hydroxyl, and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl,        -   —CH₂CH₂— and —CH₂CH₂CH₂—, wherein one terminal carbon joins            with the carbon atom to which another terminal carbon atom            is attached to form a ring;    -   R⁸ is independently selected from the group consisting of:        -   C₄₋₆ cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with one, two or            three substituents independently selected from the group            consisting of            -   halo,            -   hydroxyl,            -   C₁₋₃alkoxyl and            -   C₁₋₃ alkyl, optionally substituted with one two or three                substituents independently selected from halo and                hydroxyl; and        -   a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl that contains nitrogen or oxygen            and is optionally substituted with one or more substitutents            independently selected from the group consisting of            -   halo,            -   hydroxyl,            -   C₁₋₃alkoxyl and            -   C₁₋₃ alkyl, optionally substituted with one two or three                substituents independently selected from halo or                hydroxyl.

In a further aspect of the invention, the invention provides apharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier.

A further aspect of the invention provides a compound of Formula (I) ora pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment orprevention of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or amyotrophiclateral sclerosis (ALS).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The foregoing and other aspects of the present invention will now bedescribed in more detail with respect to the description andmethodologies provided herein. It should be appreciated that theinvention can be embodied in different forms and should not be construedas limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, theseembodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough andcomplete, and will Fully convey the scope of the invention to thoseskilled in the art.

The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is forthe purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is notintended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the description ofthe embodiments of the invention and the appended claims, the singularforms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms aswell, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Also, as usedherein, “and/or” refers to and encompasses any and all possiblecombinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will befurther understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” whenused in this specification, specify the presence of stated features,integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do notpreclude the presence or addition of one or more other features,integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groupsthereof.

Generally, the nomenclature used herein and the laboratory procedures inorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, biology described herein arethose well known and commonly employed in the art. Unless definedotherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein generally havethe same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in theart to which this disclosure belongs. In the event that there is aplurality of definitions for a term used herein, those in this sectionprevail unless stated otherwise.

A. Definitions

As used herein, “alkyl” refers to a monovalent, saturated hydrocarbonchain having a specified number of carbon atoms. For example, C₁₋₃ alkylrefers to an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms. Alkyl groupsmay be straight or branched. In some embodiments, branched alkyl groupsmay have one, two, or three branches. Exemplary alkyl groups include,but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, and propyl (n-propyl andisopropyl).

As used herein, “alkoxy” refers to the group —O-alkyl. For example, C₁₋₆alkoxy groups contain from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. C₁₋₃ alkoxy groupscontain from 1 to 3 carbon atoms.

Exemplary alkoxy groups include, but are not limited to, methoxy,ethoxy, propoxy, butoxyl, pentyloxy, and hexyloxy.

As used herein, “cycloalkyl” refers to a saturated monocyclichydrocarbon ring having a specified number of carbon atoms. For example,C₃₋₆ cycloalkyl contains 3 to 6 carbon atoms as member atoms in thering. Examples of C₃₋₆ cycloalkyl include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl,cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl.

As used herein, “halogen” refers to fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine(Br), or iodine (I). “Halo” refers to the halogen radicals: fluoro (—F),chloro (—Cl), bromo (—Br), or iodo (—I).

As used herein, “haloalkyl” refers to an alkyl group, as defined above,having one or more halogen atoms selected from F, Cl, Br, or I, whichare substituted on any or all of the carbon atoms of the alkyl group byreplacing hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atoms and which may bethe same or different. For example, C₁₋₃haloalkyl refers to a C₁₋₃alkylgroup substituted with one or more halogen atoms. In some embodiments,“haloalkyl” refers to an alkyl group substituted with one or morehalogen atoms independently selected from F or Cl. Exemplary haloalkylgroups include, but are not limited to, chloromethyl, bromoethyl,trifluoromethyl, and dichloromethyl.

As used herein, “heterocyclyl” or “herterocyclyl ring” is a monovalentradical derived by removal of a hydrogen atom from a saturatedmonocyclic ring, which ring consists of ring carbon atoms and 1 or morering heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen orsulphur. In one embodiment, the ring consists of ring carbon atoms and 1to 3 ring heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen orsulphur. In one embodiment, the ring-heteroatoms are independentlyselected from nitrogen or oxygen. The number of ring atoms may bespecified. For example, a “4-6 membered heterocyclyl” a heterocyclyl asdefined above consisting of 4-6 ring atoms. The term N-linked 4-6membered heterocyclyl ring refers to a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring asdefined above that contains at least one nitrogen ring atom throughwhich it is linked to the core. Other ring heteroatoms (nitrogen, oxygenor sulphur) may additionally be present. The term nitrogen containingheterocyclyl refers to heterocyclyl ring as defined above that containsat least one nitrogen ring atom. Other ring heteroatoms (nitrogen,oxygen or sulphur) may additionally be present. The term oxygencontaining heterocyclyl should be construed in an analogous manner.Examples of herterocyclyl rings include, but are not limited to,azetidinyl, tetrahydrofuranyl (including, for example,tetrahydrofuran-2-yl and tetrahydrofuran-3-yl), pyrrolidinyl (including,for example, pyrrolidin-1-yl and pyrrolidin-3-yl), piperidinyl(including, for example, piperidin-3-yl and piperidin-4-y), morpholinyl(including, for example, morpholin-2-yl and morpholin-4-yl).

As used herein, “substituted” in reference to a group indicates that oneor more hydrogen atom attached to a member atom (e.g., carbon atom)within the group is replaced with a substituent selected from the groupof defined substituents. It should be understood that the term“substituted” includes the implicit provision that such substitution isin accordance with the permitted valence of the substituted atom and thesubstituent and that the substitution results in a stable compound (i.e.one that does not spontaneously undergo transformation such as byrearrangement, cyclization, or elimination and that is sufficientlyrobust to survive isolation from a reaction mixture). When it is statedthat a group may contain one or more substituent, one or more (asappropriate) member atom within the group may be substituted. Inaddition, a single member atom within the group may be substituted withmore than one substituent as long as such substitution is in accordancewith the permitted valence of the atom. Examples of substitutedheterocyclyl rings rings include, but are not limited to,

As used herein, “optionally substituted” indicates that a particulargroup may be unsubstituted, or may be substituted as further defined.

As used herein, the term “disease” refers to any alteration in state ofthe body or of some of the organs, interrupting or disturbing theperformance of the functions and/or causing symptoms such as discomfort,dysfunction, distress, or even death to the person afflicted or those incontact with a person. A disease can also include a distemper, ailing,ailment, malady, disorder, sickness, illness, complain, interdispositionand/or affectation.

As used herein, “treat”, “treating” or “treatment” in reference to adisease means: (1) to ameliorate the disease or one or more of thebiological manifestations of the disease, (2) to interfere with (a) oneor more points in the biological cascade that leads to or is responsiblefor the disease or (b) one or more of the biological manifestations ofthe disease, (3) to alleviate one or more of the symptoms or effectsassociated with the disease, (4) to slow the progression of the diseaseor one or more of the biological manifestations of the disease, and/or(5) to diminish the likelihood of severity of a disease or biologicalmanifestations of the disease. Symptomatic treatment refers to treatmentas referred to in point (1), (3) and (5). Disease modifying treatmentrefers to treatment as defined in point (2) and (4).

As used herein, “prevent”, “preventing” or “prevention” means theprophylactic administration of a drug to diminish the likelihood of theonset of or to delay the onset of a disease or biological manifestationthereof.

As used herein, “subject” means a mammalian subject (e.g., dog, cat,horse, cow, sheep, goat, monkey, etc.), and human subjects includingboth male and female subjects, and including neonatal, infant, juvenile,adolescent, adult and geriatric subjects, and further including variousraces and ethnicities including, but not limited to, white, black,Asian, American Indian and Hispanic.

As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s)” refers to salt(s)that retain the desired biological activity of the subject compound andexhibit minimal undesired toxicological effects. These pharmaceuticallyacceptable salts may be prepared in situ during the final isolation andpurification of the compound, or by separately reacting the purifiedcompound in its free acid or free base form with a suitable base oracid, respectively.

As used herein, “therapeutically effective amount” in reference to acompound of the invention or other pharmaceutically-active agent meansan amount of the compound sufficient to treat or prevent the patient'sdisease but low enough to avoid serious side effects (at a reasonablebenefit/risk ratio) within the scope of sound medical judgment. Atherapeutically effective amount of a compound will vary with theparticular compound chosen (e.g. consider the potency, efficacy, andhalf-life of the compound); the route of administration chosen; thedisease being treated; the severity of the disease being treated; theage, size, weight, and physical disease of the patient being treated;the medical history of the patient to be treated; the duration of thetreatment; the nature of concurrent therapy; the desired therapeuticeffect; and like factors, but can nevertheless be routinely determinedby the skilled artisan.

B. Compounds

This invention provides, in a first aspect, a compound of Formula (I)and salts thereof:

whereinwherein

-   -   R¹ is selected from the group consisting of CN, C₁₋₃ alkyl, C₁₋₃        alkoxy, C₁₋₃haloalkyl, and C₃ cycloalkyl;    -   R² is selected from the group consisting of H, halo, CN,        C₁₋₃alkyl and C₁₋₃haloalkyl;    -   R³ is selected from the group consisting of:    -   d) an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring optionally        substituted with one or two substituents independently selected        from the group consisting of:        -   halo,        -   hydroxyl,        -   C₁₋₆alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with            one or two substituents independently selected from the            group consisting of: halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃alkoxy and            cyclopropyl, and        -   C₁₋₆ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted            with one or two substitutents independently selected from            the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl,        -   wherein when the N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring            contains a substitutable nitrogen atom, the group of            substitutents also includes a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring            which is optionally substituted with one, two or three            substitutents independently selected from halo, hydroxyl,            and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, with the proviso that the 4-6 membered            heterocyclyl ring is attached to said substitutable nitrogen            atom;    -   e) NHR⁸; and    -   f) OR⁸;    -   R⁴ and R⁵ are independently selected from the group consisting        of H, hydroxyl and halo;    -   R⁶ is halo, hydroxyl or —(CH₂)_(n)SO₂C₁₋₃alkyl, wherein n is 0,        1, 2, or 3;    -   R⁷ is selected from the group consisting of        -   H,        -   Cyclopropyl,        -   C₁₋₃alkyl, optionally substituted with one, two or three            substitutents independently selected from the group            consisting of halo, hydroxyl, and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl,        -   —CH₂CH₂— and —CH₂CH₂CH₂—, wherein one terminal carbon joins            with the carbon atom to which another terminal carbon atom            is attached to form a ring;    -   R⁸ is independently selected from the group consisting of:        -   C₄₋₆ cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with one, two or            three substituents independently selected from the group            consisting of            -   halo,            -   hydroxyl,            -   C₁₋₃ alkoxyl and            -   C₁₋₃ alkyl, optionally substituted with one two or three                substituents independently selected from halo and                hydroxyl; and        -   a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl that contains nitrogen or oxygen            and is optionally substituted with one or more substitutents            independently selected from the group consisting of            -   halo,            -   hydroxyl,            -   C₁₋₃ alkoxyl and            -   C₁₋₃ alkyl, optionally substituted with one two or three                substituents independently selected from halo or                hydroxyl.

In one embodiment, R¹ is selected from the group consisting of C₁₋₃alkyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl. In one embodiment, R¹ is selected from the groupconsisting of methyl or methoxy. In one embodiment, R¹ is methyl.

In one embodiment, R² is selected from the group consisting of H, haloand C₁₋₃alkyl. In one embodiment, R² is C₁₋₃alkyl. In one embodiment, R²is selected from the group consisting of H, halo and methyl. In oneembodiment, R² is selected from the group consisting of H, fluoro,chloro and methyl. In one embodiment, R² is selected from the groupconsisting of H, chloro and methyl. In one embodiment, R² is selectedfrom the group consisting of chloro and methyl. In one embodiment, R² ismethyl.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringoptionally substituted with one or two substituents independentlyselected from the group consisting of:

-   -   halo,    -   hydroxyl,    -   C₁₋₆alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with one        or two substituents independently selected from the group        consisting of: halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃alkoxy and cyclopropyl,    -   C₁₋₆ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted with        one or two substitutents independently selected from halo,        hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, and where the N-linked 4-6 membered        heterocyclyl ring contains a substitutable nitrogen atom, a        further 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring which is optionally        substituted with one, two or three substitutents independently        selected from halo, hydroxyl, and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, and with the        proviso that the further 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring is        attached to said substitutable nitrogen atom.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringoptionally substituted with one or two substituents independentlyselected from the group consisting of:

-   -   halo,    -   hydroxyl,    -   C₁₋₃alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with one        or two substituents independently selected from the group        consisting of: halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃alkoxy, and    -   C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted with        one or two substitutents independently selected from halo,        hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringselected from the group consisting of morpholinyl, azetidinyl,pyrrolidinyl and piperazinyl, optionally substituted with one or twosubstituents independently selected from the group consisting of:

-   -   halo,    -   hydroxyl,    -   C₁₋₃alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with one        or two substituents independently selected from the group        consisting of: halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃alkoxy, and    -   C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted with        one or two substitutents independently selected from halo,        hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringselected from the group consisting of morpholinyl, azetidinyl,pyrrolidinyl and piperazinyl, optionally substituted with one or twosubstituents independently selected from the group consisting of:

-   -   hydroxyl,    -   C₁₋₃alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with one        or two substituents independently selected from the group        consisting of: halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃alkoxy, and    -   C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted with        one or two substitutents independently selected from halo,        hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked morpholinyl ring optionallysubstituted with one or two substituents independently selected from thegroup consisting of:

-   -   hydroxyl,    -   C₁₋₃alkyl, which alkyl group is optionally substituted with one        or two substituents independently selected from the group        consisting of: halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃alkoxy, and    -   C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, which alkoxyl group is optionally substituted with        one or two substitutents independently selected from halo,        hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked morpholinyl ring optionallysubstituted with one C₁₋₃alkyl substituent, which alkyl group isoptionally substituted with one or two substituents independentlyselected from the group consisting of: halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃alkoxy.

In one embodiment, R³ is morpholin-4-yl.

In one embodiment, R³ is 3-methyl morpholin-4-yl.

In one embodiment, R³ is (2-hydroxyethyl)-morpholin-4-yl.

In one embodiment, R³ is 3-hydroxyl azetidin-1-yl

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringcontaining a substitutable nitrogen atom, substituted with a further 4-6membered heterocyclyl ring which is optionally substituted with one, twoor three substitutents independently selected from halo, hydroxyl, andC₁₋₃alkoxyl, and with the proviso that the further 4-6 memberedheterocyclyl ring is attached to said substitutable nitrogen atom.

In one embodiment R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringcontaining a substitutable nitrogen atom, substituted with an oxetanylgroup on said substitutable nitrogen atom.

In one embodiment, R⁴ and R⁵ are independently selected from the groupconsisting of H and halo. In one embodiment, R⁴ and R⁵ are independentlyselected from the group consisting of H and fluoro. In one embodiment,R⁴ and R⁵ are both hydrogen. In one embodiment, R⁴ is H and R⁵ isfluoro.

In one embodiment, R⁶ is fluoro or hydroxyl.

In one embodiment, R⁶ is —SO₂CH₃.

In one embodiment, R⁷ is H.

In one embodiment, R⁶ is hydroxyl and R⁷ is methyl.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a compound of formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that is a compound of any oneof examples 1 to 43, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, this invention relates to a compound selected from

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment the invention provides a compound selected from

-   2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-morpholinopyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol,-   2-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)ethanol,-   1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol,-   (4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol,-   1-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol,-   1-fluoro-3-(4-(1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol,    and-   2-fluoro-3-(4-(1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol;    or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In addition to the free base form of the compounds described herein, thesalt form of the compounds is also within the scope of the presentinvention. The salts or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of thecompounds described herein may be prepared in situ during the finalisolation and purification of the compound, or by separately reactingthe purified compound in its free base form with a suitable base oracid, respectively. For reviews on suitable pharmaceutical salts seeBerge et al, J. Pharm, Sci., 66, 1-19, 1977; P L Gould, InternationalJournal of Pharmaceutics, 33 (1986), 201-217; and Bighley et al,Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York1996, Volume 13, page 453-497.

Certain compounds of formula (I) contain a basic group and are thereforecapable of forming pharmaceutically-acceptable acid addition salts bytreatment with a suitable acid. Suitable acids includepharmaceutically-acceptable inorganic acids andpharmaceutically-acceptable organic acids. Exemplarypharmaceutically-acceptable acid addition salts include hydrochloride,hydrobromide, nitrate, methylnitrate, sulfate, bisulfate, sulfamate,phosphate, acetate, hydroxyacetate, phenylacetate, propionate, butyrate,isobutyrate, valerate, maleate, hydroxymaleate, acrylate, fumarate,malate, tartrate, citrate, salicylate, p-aminosalicyclate, glycollate,lactate, heptanoate, phthalate, oxalate, succinate, benzoate,o-acetoxybenzoate, chlorobenzoate, methylbenzoate, dinitrobenzoate,hydroxybenzoate, methoxybenzoate, mandelate, tannate, formate, stearate,ascorbate, palmitate, oleate, pyruvate, pamoate, malonate, laurate,glutarate, glutamate, estolate, methanesulfonate (mesylate),ethanesulfonate (esylate), 2-hydroxyethanesulfonate, benzenesulfonate(besylate), p-aminobenzenesulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate (tosylate), andnapthalene-2-sulfonate. In some embodiments, the pharmaceuticallyacceptable salts include the L-tartrate, ethanedisulfonate (edisylate),sulfate, phosphate, p-toluenesulfonate (tosylate), hydrochloride salt,methanesulfonate, citrate, fumarate, benzenesulfonate, maleate,hydrobromate, L-lactate, malonate, and S-camphor-10-sulfonate. Incertain embodiments, some of these salts form solvates. In certainembodiments, some of these salts are crystalline.

Certain compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof may exist instereoisomeric forms (e.g., they may contain one or more asymmetriccarbon atoms). The individual stereoisomers (enantiomers anddiastereomers) and mixtures of these are included within the scope ofthe present invention. The different isomeric forms may be separated orresolved one from the other by conventional methods, or any given isomermay be obtained by conventional synthetic methods or by stereospecificor asymmetric syntheses.

Certain compounds of Formula (I) are capable of existing in tautomericforms. For example, certain compounds exhibit keto-enol tautomerism. Insome cases, only one of a pair of tautomeric forms fall within Formula(I). Such alternative tautomers also form part of the invention.

The invention also includes isotopically-labelled compounds and salts,which are identical to compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof, butfor the fact that one or more atoms are replaced by an atom having anatomic mass or mass number different from the atomic mass or mass numbermost commonly found in nature. Examples of isotopes that can beincorporated into compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof isotopes ofhydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, such as ³H, ¹¹C, ¹⁴C and ¹⁸F. Suchisotopically-labelled compound of Formula (I) or salts thereof areuseful in drug and/or substrate tissue distribution assays. For example,¹¹C and ¹⁸F isotopes are useful in PET (positron emission tomography).PET is useful in brain imaging. Isotopically-labelled compounds ofFormula (I) and salts thereof can generally be prepared by carrying outthe procedures disclosed below, by substituting a readily availableisotopically-labelled reagent for a non-isotopically labelled reagent.In one embodiment, compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof are notisotopically labelled.

Certain compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof may exist in solid orliquid form. In the solid state, compounds of Formula (I) or salts mayexist in crystalline or noncrystalline form, or as a mixture thereof.For compounds of Formula (I) or salts that are in crystalline form, theskilled artisan will appreciate that pharmaceutically-acceptablesolvates may be formed wherein solvent molecules are incorporated intothe crystalline lattice during crystallization. Solvates may involvenonaqueous solvents such as ethanol, isopropanol, DMSO, acetic acid,ethanolamine, and ethyl acetate, or they may involve water as thesolvent that is incorporated into the crystalline lattice. Solvateswherein water is the solvent that is incorporated into the crystallinelattice are typically referred to as “hydrates.” Hydrates includestoichiometric hydrates as well as compositions containing variableamounts of water.

The skilled artisan will further appreciate that certain compounds ofFormula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof thatexist in crystalline form, including the various solvates thereof, mayexhibit polymorphism (i.e. the capacity to occur in differentcrystalline structures). These different crystalline forms are typicallyknown as “polymorphs.” Polymorphs have the same chemical composition butdiffer in packing, geometrical arrangement, and other descriptiveproperties of the crystalline solid state. Polymorphs, therefore, mayhave different physical properties such as shape, density, hardness,deformability, stability, and dissolution properties. Polymorphstypically exhibit different melting points, IR spectra, and X-ray powderdiffraction patterns, which may be used for identification. The skilledartisan will appreciate that different polymorphs may be produced, forexample, by changing or adjusting the reaction conditions or reagents,used in making the compound. For example, changes in temperature,pressure, or solvent may result in polymorphs. In addition, onepolymorph may spontaneously convert to another polymorph under certainconditions.

The skilled artisan also appreciates that this invention may containvarious deuterated forms of compounds of Formula (I), orpharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Each available hydrogen atomattached to a carbon atom may be independently replaced with a deuteriumatom. A person of ordinary skill in the art will know how to synthesizedeuterated forms of compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceuticallyacceptable salts thereof. Commercially available deuterated startingmaterials may be employed in the preparation of deuterated forms ofcompounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof,or they may be synthesized using conventional techniques employingdeuterated reagents (e.g. lithium aluminum deuteride).

C. Methods of Use

Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereofare inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase activity and are thus believed to be ofpotential use in the treatment of or prevention of the followingneurological diseases: Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease,dementia (including Lewy body dementia and vascular dementia,HIV-induced dementia), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), age relatedmemory dysfunction, mild cognitive impairment, argyrophilic graindisease, Pick's disease, corticobasal degeneration, progressivesupranuclear palsy, inherited frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonismlinked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), withdrawal symptoms/relapseassociated with drug addiction, L-Dopa induced dyskinesia, ischemicstroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and multiplesclerosis. Other diseases potentially treatable by inhibition of LRRK2include, but are not limited to, lysosomal disorders (for example,Niemann-Pick Type C disease, Gaucher disease), Crohn's disease, cancers(including thyroid, renal (including papillary renal), breast, lung andprostate cancers, leukemias (including acute myelogenous leukemia (AML))and lymphomas), rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus,autoimmune hemolytic anemia, pure red cell aplasia, idiopathicthrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Evans syndrome, vasculitis, bullous skindisorders, type 1 diabetes mellitus, obesity, epilepsy, pulmonarydiseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathicpulmonary fibrosis, Sjogren's syndrome, Devic's disease, inflammatorymyopathies, ankylosing spondylitis, bacterial infections (includingleprosy), viral infections (including tuberculosis, HIV, West Nile virusand chikungunya virus) and parasitic infections.

One aspect of the invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in therapy. In oneembodiment, the invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of orprevention of the above disorders (i.e. the neurological diseases andother diseases listed above). In one embodiment, the invention providesa compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereoffor use in the treatment of or prevention of Parkinson's disease. In oneembodiment, the invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment ofParkinson's disease. In another embodiment, the invention provides acompound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereoffor use in the treatment of or prevention of Alzheimer's disease. In oneembodiment, the invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment ofAlzheimer's disease. In another embodiment, the invention provides acompound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereoffor use in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

In one embodiment, the invention provides1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-olor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatmentor prevention of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophiclateral sclerosis (ALS).

In another embodiment, the invention provides1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-olor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatmentof Parkinson's disease.

In one embodiment, the invention provides(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanolor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatmentor prevention of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophiclateral sclerosis (ALS).

In another embodiment, the invention provides(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanolor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatmentof Parkinson's disease.

A further aspect of the invention provides the use of a compound ofFormula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in themanufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of the abovedisorders (i.e. the neurological diseases and other diseases listedabove). A further aspect of the invention provides the use of a compoundof Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in themanufacture of a medicament for the treatment of or prevention ofParkinson's disease. A further aspect of the invention provides the useof a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment ofParkinson's disease. In another embodiment, the invention provides theuse of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment orprevention of Alzheimer's disease. In one embodiment, the inventionprovides the use of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for thetreatment of Alzheimer's disease. In another embodiment, the inventionprovides use of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for thetreatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

In one embodiment, the invention provides the use of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-olor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of amedicament for the treatment or prevention of Parkinson's disease,Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

In another embodiment, the invention provides the use of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-olor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of amedicament for the treatment or prevention of Parkinson's disease.

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides the use of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-olor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of amedicament for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

In one embodiment, the invention provides the use of(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanolor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of amedicament for the treatment or prevention of Parkinson's disease,Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

In another embodiment, the invention provides the use of(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanolor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of amedicament for the treatment or prevention of Parkinson's disease.

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides the use of(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanolor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of amedicament for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

A further aspect of the invention provides a method of treatment orprevention of a disorder listed above (i.e. selected from theneurological diseases and other diseases listed above), which comprisesadministering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptablesalt thereof. A further aspect of the invention provides a method oftreatment or prevention of Parkinson's disease, which comprisesadministering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptablesalt thereof. A further aspect of the invention provides a method oftreatment of Parkinson's disease, which comprises administering to asubject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compoundof Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A furtheraspect of the invention provides a method of treatment or prevention ofAlzheimer's disease, which comprises administering to a subject in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A further aspect of theinvention provides a method of treatment of Alzheimer's disease, whichcomprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeuticallyeffective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof. A further aspect of the invention provides amethod of treatment of tuberculosis, which comprises administering to asubject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compoundof Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In anembodiment, the subject is human.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophic lateralsclerosis (ALS), which comprises administering to a subject in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophic lateralsclerosis (ALS), which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a subject in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-olor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanolor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which is a compound of any oneof Examples 1 to 43 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Inone embodiment, the invention provides a compound of Formula 1 which isa compound of any one of Examples 1 to 43.

In the context of the present invention, treatment of Parkinson'sdisease refers to the treatment of sporadic Parkinson's disease, and/orfamilial Parkinson's disease. In one embodiment, treatment ofParkinson's disease refers to treatment of familial Parkinson's disease.Familial Parkinson's disease patients are those expressing one or moreof the following LRRK2 kinase mutations: G2019S mutation, N1437Hmutation, R1441G mutation, R1441C mutation, R1441H mutation, Y1699Cmutation, S1761R mutation, or 12020T mutation. In another embodiment,familial Parkinson's disease patients express other coding mutations(such as G2385R) or non-coding single nucleotide polymorphisms at theLRRK2 locus that are associated with Parkinson's disease In a moreparticular embodiment, familial Parkinson's disease includes patientsexpressing the G2019S mutation or the R1441G mutation in LRRK2 kinase.In one embodiment, treatment of Parkinson's disease refers to thetreatment of familial Parkinson's disease includes patients expressingLRRK2 kinase bearing G2019S mutation. In another embodiment, familialParkinson's disease patients express aberrantly high levels of normalLRRK2 kinase.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises administering to a human expressingthe G2019S mutation in LRRK2 kinase in need thereof a therapeuticallyeffective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treatment ofParkinson's disease, which comprises testing in a human for the G2019Smutation in LRRK2 kinase and administering to the human expressing theG2019S mutation in LRRK2 kinase in need thereof a therapeuticallyeffective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof.

Treatment of Parkinson's disease may be symptomatic or may be diseasemodifying. In one embodiment, treatment of Parkinson's disease refers tosymptomatic treatment. In one embodiment, treatment of Parkinson'sdisease refers to disease modifying treatment.

Compounds of the present invention may also be useful in treatingpatients identified as susceptible to progression to severe Parkinsonismby means of one or more subtle features associated with diseaseprogression such as family history, olfaction deficits, constipation,cognitive defects, gait or biological indicators of disease progressiongained from molecular, biochemical, immunological or imagingtechnologies. In this context, treatment may be symptomatic or diseasemodifying.

In the context of the present invention, treatment of Alzheimer'sdisease refers to the treatment of sporadic Alzheimer's disease and/orfamilial Alzheimer's disease. Treatment of Alzheimer's disease may besymptomatic or may be disease modifying. In one embodiment, treatment ofAlzheimer's disease refers to symptomatic treatment.

In the context of the present invention, treatment of dementia(including Lewy body dementia and vascular dementia, HIV-induceddementia), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), age related memorydysfunction, mild cognitive impairment, argyrophilic grain disease,Pick's disease, corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclearpalsy, inherited frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked tochromosome 17 (FTDP-17), multiple sclerosis, lysosomal disorders (forexample, Niemann-Pick Type C disease, Gaucher disease), Crohn's disease,cancers (including thyroid, renal (including papillary renal), breast,lung and prostate cancers, leukemias (including acute myelogenousleukemia (AML)) and lymphomas), rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupuserythematosus, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, pure red cell aplasia,idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Evans syndrome, vasculitis,bullous skin disorders, type 1 diabetes mellitus, obesity, epilepsy,pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Sjogren's syndrome, Devic's disease,inflammatory myopathies, ankylosing spondylitis, may be symptomatic ordisease modifying. In certain embodiments, treatment of these disordersrefers to symptomatic treatment.

The invention also provides the use of inhibitors of LRRK2 in theproduction of neuronal progenitor cells in vitro for consequenttherapeutic application in cell based-treatment of CNS disorders.

When a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof is intended for use in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, itmay be used in combination with medicaments alleged to be useful assymptomatic treatments of Parkinson's disease. Suitable examples of suchother therapeutic agents include L-dopa, and dopamine agonists (e.g.pramipexole, ropinirole).

When a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof is intended for use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, itmay be used in combination with medicaments claimed to be useful aseither disease modifying or symptomatic treatments of Alzheimer'sdisease. Suitable examples of such other therapeutic agents may besymptomatic agents, for example those known to modify cholinergictransmission such as M1 muscarinic receptor agonists or allostericmodulators, M2 muscarinic antagonists, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors(such as tetrahydroaminoacridine, donepezil hydrochloride rivastigmine,and galantamine), nicotinic receptor agonists or allosteric modulators(such as α7 agonists or allosteric modulators or α4β2 agonists orallosteric modulators), PPAR agonists (such as PPARγ agonists), 5-HT₄receptor partial agonists, 5-HT₆ receptor antagonists e.g. SB-742457 or5HT1A receptor antagonists and NMDA receptor antagonists or modulators,or disease modifying agents such as β or γ-secretase inhibitors e.gsemagacestat, mitochondrial stabilizers, microtubule stabilizers ormodulators of Tau pathology such as Tau aggregation inhibitors (e.g.methylene blue and REMBER™), NSAIDS, e.g. tarenflurbil, tramiprosil; orantibodies for example bapineuzumab or solanezumab; proteoglycans forexample tramiprosate.

When a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof is intended for use in the treatment of bacterial infections,parasitic infections or viral infections, it may be used in combinationwith medicaments alleged to be useful as symptomatic treatments thatdirectly target the infectious agent.

When a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof is used in combination with other therapeutic agents, thecompound may be administered either sequentially or simultaneously byany convenient route.

The invention also provides, in a further aspect, a combinationcomprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptablesalt thereof together with one or more further therapeutic agent oragents.

The combinations referred to above may conveniently be presented for usein the form of a pharmaceutical formulation and thus pharmaceuticalformulations comprising a combination as defined above together with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient comprise a furtheraspect of the invention. The individual components of such combinationsmay be administered either sequentially or simultaneously in separate orcombined pharmaceutical formulations.

When a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable saltthereof is used in combination with a second therapeutic agent activeagainst the same disease state the dose of each compound may differ fromthat when the compound is used alone. Appropriate doses will be readilyappreciated by those skilled in the art.

D. Composition

Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereofmay be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions prior toadministration to a subject. According to one aspect, the inventionprovides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula(I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceuticallyacceptable excipient. According to another aspect, the inventionprovides a process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising admixing a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof, with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Pharmaceutical compositions may be presented in unit dose formscontaining a predetermined amount of active ingredient per unit dose.Such a unit may contain, for example, 0.1 mg, 0.5 mg, or 1 mg to 50 mg,100 mg, 200 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg, 750 mg or 1 g of a compound of thepresent invention, depending on the disease being treated, the route ofadministration and the age, weight and condition of the subject, orpharmaceutical compositions may be presented in unit dose formscontaining a predetermined amount of active ingredient per unit dose. Inother embodiments, the unit dosage compositions are those containing adaily dose or sub-dose as described herein, or an appropriate fractionthereof, of an active ingredient. Furthermore, such pharmaceuticalcompositions may be prepared by any of the methods well-known to oneskilled in the art.

A therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) willdepend upon a number of factors including, for example, the age andweight of the intended recipient, the precise condition requiringtreatment and its severity, the nature of the formulation, and the routeof administration, and will ultimately be at the discretion of theattendant prescribing the medication. However, a therapeuticallyeffective amount of a compound of formula (I) for the treatment ofdiseases described in the present invention will generally be in therange of 0.1 to 100 mg/kg body weight of recipient per day and moreusually in the range of 1 to 10 mg/kg body weight per day. Thus, for a70 kg adult mammal, the actual amount per day would usually be from 70to 700 mg and this amount may be given in a single dose per day or in anumber of sub-doses per day as such as two, three, four, five or sixdoses per day. Or the dosing can be done intermittently, such as onceevery other day, once a week or once a month. A therapeuticallyeffective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate, etc.,may be determined as a proportion of the therapeutically effectiveamount of the compound of Formula (I) per se. It is envisaged thatsimilar dosages would be appropriate for treatment of the other diseasesreferred to above.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may contain one or morecompounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions may contain morethan one compound of the invention. For example, in some embodiments,the pharmaceutical compositions may contain two or more compounds ofFormula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In addition,the pharmaceutical compositions may optionally further comprise one ormore additional active pharmaceutical ingradients (APIs).

As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptable excipient” means apharmaceutically acceptable material, composition or vehicle involved ingiving form or consistency to the pharmaceutical composition. Eachexcipient may be compatible with the other ingredients of thepharmaceutical composition when commingled such that interactions whichwould substantially reduce the efficacy of the compound of the inventionwhen administered to a subject and interactions which would result inpharmaceutical compositions that are not pharmaceutically acceptable areavoided.

The compounds of the invention and the pharmaceutically-acceptableexcipient or excipients may be formulated into a dosage form adapted foradministration to the subject by the desired route of administration.For example, dosage forms include those adapted for (1) oraladministration (including buccal or sublingual) such as tablets,capsules, caplets, pills, troches, powders, syrups, elixers,suspensions, solutions, emulsions, sachets, and cachets; (2) parenteraladministration (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous orintradermal) such as sterile solutions, suspensions, and powders forreconstitution; (3) transdermal administration such as transdermalpatches; (4) rectal administration such as suppositories; (5) nasalinhalation such as dry powders, aerosols, suspensions, and solutions;and (6) topical administration (including buccal, sublingual ortransdermal) such as creams, ointments, lotions, solutions, pastes,sprays, foams, and gels. Such compositions may be prepared by anymethods known in the art of pharmacy, for example by bringing intoassociation a compound of Formula (I) with the carrier(s) orexcipient(s). Pharmaceutical compositions adapted for oraladministration may be presented as discrete units such as capsules ortablets; powders or granules; solutions or suspensions in aqueous ornon-aqueous liquids; edible foams or whips; or oil-in-water liquidemulsions or water-in-oil liquid emulsions.

Suitable pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients may vary depending uponthe particular dosage form chosen. In addition, suitablepharmaceutically-acceptable excipients may be chosen for a particularfunction that they may serve in the composition. For example, tertainpharmaceutically-acceptable excipients may be chosen for their abilityto facilitate the production of uniform dosage forms. Certainpharmaceutically-acceptable excipients may be chosen for their abilityto facilitate the production of stable dosage forms. Certainpharmaceutically acceptable excipients may be chosen for their abilityto facilitate carrying or transporting the compound or compounds of theinvention once administered to the subject from an organ, or a portionof the body, to another organ, or a portion of the body. Certainpharmaceutically-acceptable excipients may be chosen for their abilityto enhance patient compliance.

Suitable pharmaceutically acceptable excipients include the followingtypes of excipients: diluents, fillers, binders, disintegrants,lubricants, glidants, granulating agents, coating agents, wettingagents, solvents, co-solvents, suspending agents, emulsifiers,sweeteners, flavoring agents, flavor masking agents, coloring agents,anticaking agents, hemectants, chelating agents, plasticizers, viscosityincreasing agents, antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers,surfactants, and buffering agents. The skilled artisan will appreciatethat tertain pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients may serve more thanone function and may serve alternative functions depending on how muchthe excipient is present in the formulation and what other ingredientsare present in the formulation.

Skilled artisans possess the knowledge and skill in the art to enablethem to select suitable pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients inappropriate amounts for use in the invention. In addition, there are anumber of resources that are available to the skilled artisan whichdescribe pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients and may be useful inselecting suitable pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients. Examplesinclude Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mack Publishing Company),The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Additives (Gower Publishing Limited), andThe Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients (the American PharmaceuticalAssociation and the Pharmaceutical Press).

The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are prepared usingtechniques and methods known to those skilled in the art. Some of themethods commonly used in the art are described in Remington'sPharmaceutical Sciences (Mack Publishing Company).

In one aspect, the invention is directed to a solid oral dosage formsuch as a tablet or capsule comprising a therapeutically effectiveamount of a compound of the invention and a diluent or filler. Suitablediluents and fillers include lactose, sucrose, dextrose, mannitol,sorbitol, starch (e.g. corn starch, potato starch, and pre-gelatinizedstarch), cellulose and its derivatives (e.g. microcrystallinecellulose), calcium sulfate, and dibasic calcium phosphate.

The oral solid dosage form may further comprise a binder. Suitablebinders include starch (e.g. corn starch, potato starch, andpre-gelatinized starch), gelatin, acacia, sodium alginate, alginic acid,tragacanth, guar gum, povidone, and cellulose and its derivatives (e.g.microcrystalline cellulose). The oral solid dosage form may furthercomprise a disintegrant. Suitable disintegrants include crospovidone,sodium starch glycolate, croscarmelose, alginic acid, and sodiumcarboxymethyl cellulose. The oral solid dosage form may further comprisea lubricant. Suitable lubricants include stearic acid, magnesiumstearate, calcium stearate, and talc.

In certain embodiments, the present invention is directed to apharmaceutical composition comprising 0.01 to 1000 mg of one or more ofa compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereofand 0.01 to 5 g of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

In another embodiment, the present invention is directed to apharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a neurodegenerationdisease comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Inanother embodiment, the present invention is directed to apharmaceutical composition for the treatment of Parkinson's diseasecomprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptablesalt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

E. Process of Preparing Compounds

The process to be utilized in the preparation of compounds of formula(I) or salts thereof described herein depends upon the desiredcompounds. Such factors as the selection of the specific substituent andvarious possible locations of the specific substituent all play a rolein the path to be followed in the preparation of the specific compoundsof this invention. Those factors are readily recognized by one ofordinary skill in the art.

In general, the compounds of the present invention may be prepared bystandard techniques known in the art and by known processes analogousthereto. General methods for preparing compounds of formula (I) are setforth below. All starting material and reagents described in the belowgeneral experimental schemes are commercially available or can beprepared by methods known to one skilled in the art.

The skilled artisan will appreciate that if a substituent describedherein is not compatible with the synthetic methods described herein,the substituent may be protected with a suitable protecting group thatis stable to the reaction conditions. The protecting group may beremoved at a suitable point in the reaction sequence to provide adesired intermediate or target compound. Suitable protecting groups andthe methods for protecting and de-protecting different substituentsusing such suitable protecting groups are well known to those skilled inthe art; examples of which may be found in T. Greene and P. Wuts,Protecting Groups in Chemical Synthesis (3rd ed.), John Wiley & Sons, NY(1999). In some instances, a substituent may be specifically selected tobe reactive under the reaction conditions used. Under thesecircumstances, the reaction conditions convert the selected substituentinto another substituent that is either useful as an intermediatecompound or is a desired substituent in a target compound.

General Scheme 1 provides exemplary processes of synthesis for preparingcompounds of the present invention.

General Scheme 1 provides an exemplary synthesis for preparing compound3 which represents compounds of Formula (I). In Scheme 1, R₁, R₂, R₃,R₄, R₅, R₆ and R₇ are as defined in Formula I.

Step (i) may be a substitution reaction by reacting compound 1 withcompound 2 using appropriate base such as Cs₂CO₃ in an appropriatesolvent such as N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) under suitable temperaturesuch as about 100° C. to provide compound 3.

Step (i) may alternatively be a coupling reaction using appropriatereagents such as CuI and N,N′-dimethyl-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine in thepresence of suitable base such as K₃PO₄ in a suitable solvent such astoluene at suitable temperature such as reflux condition to providecompound 3.

Step (i) may alternatively be a coupling reaction using appropriatereagents such as Pd₂dba₃ anddi-tert-butyl(2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphine inthe presence of suitable base such as sodium tert-butoxide in a suitablesolvent such as toluene at suitable temperature such as 100° C. toprovide compound 3.

General Scheme 2 provides an exemplary synthesis for preparingintermediate 1. The protecting group, P₁, can be any suitable protectinggroups for example, tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl (THP),(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy)methyl (SEM) or or Acetyl (Ac).

Intermediate 5 can be obtained in step (i) by reacting starting material4 with suitable reagents such as DHP in the presence of suitable acidssuch as TsOH in appropriate solvents such as DCM under suitabletemperatures such as 20° C. to 40° C.

Step (ii) is a cross-coupling reaction between intermediate 5 andboronic acid or esters using appropriate palladium catalysts such asPd(dppf)Cl₂ in the presence of suitable bases such as Na₂CO₃ inappropriate solvents such as 1,4-dioxane at suitable temperatures suchas 60° C. to 100° C.

Step (iii) involves reaction with suitable oxidation reagents such asH₂O₂ in a suitable solvent such as THF under suitable temperatures suchas −60° C. to −10° C. to provide intermediate 7.

Step (iv) is a reaction with a suitable reducing reagent such ashydrogen in the presence of suitable catalysts such Pd/C in polarsolvents such as MeOH at appropriate temperatures such as 25° C. to 80°C.

Step (v) may be an oxidation reaction with oxidants such as DMP insuitable solvents such as DCM under suitable temperatures such as 0° C.to 25° C. to give intermediate 8.

Steps (vi) and (viii) involve reaction with a fluridizer such as DAST insuitable solvents such as DCM under suitable temperatures such as −78°C. to 0° C.

Steps (viii) (x) and (xi) are de-protection reactions. Typically, theintermediate is reacted with suitable acids such HCl in suitablesolvents such as 1,4-dioxane under suitable temperatures such as 25° C.to 40° C. to give intermediate 1.

General Scheme 3 provides an exemplary synthesis for preparingintermediate 2.

When R₃ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring or NHR⁷; step (i)can be a reaction with different amines using appropriate bases such asTEA in appropriate solvents such as EtOH under suitable temperaturessuch as 25° C. to 100° C. to provide intermediate 2.

When R₃ is OR⁷, step (i) is a coupling reaction. The alcohol (R⁷OH) isdeprotonated by a suitable base such as sodium hydride in suitablesolvent such as THF at a suitable temperature such as 0° C. to give thetransitional intermediate. Then intermediate 12 is reacted with thetransitional intermediate in suitable solvent such as THF at suitabletemperature such as room temperature.

EXAMPLES General Experimental Procedures

The following descriptions and examples illustrate the invention. Theseexamples are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention,but rather to provide guidance to the skilled chemist to prepare and usethe compounds, compositions and methods of the present invention. Whileparticular embodiments of the present invention are described, theskilled chemist will appreciate that various changes and modificationscan be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

The chemical names of compounds described in the present applicationwere generally created from ChemDraw Ultra (ChambridgeSoft) and/orgenerally follow the principle of IUPAC nomenclature.

Heating of reaction mixtures with microwave irradiations was carried outon a Smith Creator (purchased from Personal Chemistry, Forboro/MA, nowowned by Biotage), an Emrys Optimizer (purchased from PersonalChemistry) or an Explorer (provided by CEM Discover, Matthews/NC)microwave.

Conventional techniques may be used herein for work up of reactions andpurification of the products of the Examples.

References in the Examples below relating to the drying of organiclayers or phases may refer to drying the solution over magnesium sulfateor sodium sulfate and filtering off the drying agent in accordance withconventional techniques. Products may generally be obtained by removingthe solvent by evaporation under reduced pressure.

Purification of the compounds in the examples may be carried out byconventional methods such as chromatography and/or re-crystallizationusing suitable solvents. Chromatographic methods are known to theskilled person and include e.g. column chromatography, flashchromatography, HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography), and MDAP(mass directed auto-preparation, also referred to as mass directed LCMSpurification). MDAP is described in e.g. W. Goetzinger et al, Int. J.Mass Spectrom., 2004, 238, 153-162.

Analtech Silica Gel GF and E. Merck Silica Gel 60 F-254 thin layerplates were used for thin layer chromatography. Both flash and gravitychromatography were carried out on E. Merck Kieselgel 60 (230-400 mesh)silica gel. Preparative HPLC were performed using a Gilson PreparativeSystem using a Luna 5 u C18(2) 100A reverse phase column eluting with a10-80 gradient (0.1% FA in acetonitrile/0.1% aqueous FA) or a 10-80gradient (acetonitrile/water). The CombiFlash system used forpurification in this application was purchased from Isco, Inc.CombiFlash purification was carried out using a pre-packed SiO₂ column,a detector with UV wavelength at 254 nm and mixed solvents.

The terms “CombiFlash”, “Biotage®”, “Biotage 75” and “Biotage SP4®” whenused herein refer to commercially available automated purificationsystems using pre-packed silica gel cartridges.

Final compounds were characterized with LCMS (conditions listed below)or NMR. ¹H NMR or ¹⁹FNMR spectra were recorded using a Bruker Avance 400MHz spectrometer. CDCl₃ is deuteriochloroform, DMSO-d₆ ishexadeuteriodimethylsulfoxide, and CD₃OD is tetradeuteriomethanol.Chemical shifts are reported in parts per million (ppm) downfield fromthe internal standard tetramethylsilane (TMS) or the NMR solvent.Abbreviations for NMR data are as follows: s=singlet, d=doublet,t=triplet, q=quartet, m=multiplet, dd=doublet of doublets, dt=doublet oftriplets, app=apparent, br=broad. J indicates the NMR coupling constantmeasured in Hertz.

All temperatures are reported in degrees Celsius. All otherabbreviations are as described in the ACS Style Guide (American ChemicalSociety, Washington, D.C., 1986).

Absolute stereochemistry can be determined by methods known to oneskilled in the art, for example X-ray or Vibrational Circular Dichroism(VCD).

When an enantiomer or a diasteroisomer is described and the absolutestereochemistry of a chiral center is not known, the use of “*” at thechiral centre denotes that the absolute stereochemistry of the chiralcenter is not known, i.e. the compound as drawn may be either a single Renantiomer or a single S enantiomer. Where the absolute stereochemistryat a chiral center of an enantiomer or a diasteroisomer is known, a boldwedge symbol (

) or a hashed wedge symbol (

) is used as appropriate, without the use of “*” at the chiral centre.

When a geometric or cis-trans isomer is described and the absoluteconfiguration of the isomer is not known, the use of “*” at one of theatoms relevant to the geometric or cis-trans isomerism denotes that theabsolute configuration at or around that atom is not known, i.e. thecompound as drawn may be either a single cis isomer or a single transenantiomer.

In the procedures that follow, after each starting material, referenceto an intermediate is typically provided. This is provided merely forassistance to the skilled chemist. The starting material may notnecessarily have been prepared from the batch referred to.

LCMS Conditions:

1) Acidic method:a. Instruments: HPLC: Waters UPC2 and MS: QdaMobile phase: water containing 0.1% FA/0.1% MeCN

Column: ACQUITY UPLC BEH C₁₈ 1.7 μm 2.1×50 mm and 1.7 μm 2.1×100 mm

Detection: MS and photodiode array detector (PDA)b. Instruments: HPLC: Shimadzu and MS: 2020Mobile phase: water containing 0.1% FA/0.1% MeCNColumn: Sunfire C₁₈ 5 μm 50×4.6 mm and Sunfire C₁₈ 5 μm 150×4.6 mmDetection: MS and photodiode array detector (PDA)2) Basic conditions:

Instruments: HPLC: Agilent 1260 and MS: 6120

Mobile phase: 0.1% NH₄OH in H₂O/0.1% NH₄OH in ACNColumn: Xbridge C₁₈ 5 μm 50×4.6 mm and Xbridge C₁₈ 5 μm 150×4.6 mmDetection: MS and photodiode array detector (DAD)Prep-HPLC conditionsInstrument: Waters instrumentColumn: Xbridge Prep C₁₈ column OBD (10 μm, 19×250 mm), Xbrige prep C₁₈10 μm OBD™ 19×150 mm, Sunfire Prep C₁₈ 10×25 0 mm 5 μm, XBRIDGE Prep C₁₈10×150 mm 5 μm, etcAcidic method:Mobile phase: water containing 0.1% TFA/acetonitrile.Basic method:Mobile phase: water containing 0.1% NH₄OH/acetonitrile.Chiral prep-HPLC:Thar SFC Prep 80 (TharSFC ABPR1, TharSFC SFC Prep 80 CO₂ Pump, TharSFCCo-Solvent Pump, TharSFC Cooling Heat Exchanger and Circulating Bath,TharSFC Mass Flow Meter, TharSFC Static Mixer, TharSFC Injection Module,Gilson UV Detector, TharSFC Fraction Collection ModuleChiral-HPLC analysis:Instrument: Thar SFC Prep 80 (TharSFC ABPR1, TharSFC SFC Prep 80CO₂Pump, TharSFC Co-Solvent Pump, TharSFC Cooling Heat Exchanger andCirculating Bath, TharSFC Mass Flow Meter, TharSFC Static Mixer, TharSFCInjection Module, Gilson UV Detector, TharSFC Fraction Collection Module

Column and mobile phase: are described in below examples.

Abbreviations and Resource Sources

The following abbreviations and resources are used herein below:

Ac—acetylMeCN—acetonitrileAtm—atmosphereAq.—aqueousBINAP—2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthylBoc—tert-butyloxycarbonylBoc₂O—di-tert-butyl dicarbonateBn—benzylt-Bu—tert-butylconc.—concentratedDAST—N,N-diethylaminosulfur trifluorideDCE—1,2-dichloroethaneDCM—dichloromethaneDEA—diethanolamine

DMEDA—N,N′-Dimethylethylenediamine

Dess-Martin—1,1,1-Tris(acetyloxy)-1,1-dihydro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-(1H)-oneDHP—3,4-dihydro-2H-pyranDIBAL-H—diisobutylaluminum hydride

DIEA—N,N-diisopropylethylamine DIPEA—N, N-diisopropylethylamine DMA—N,N-dimethylacetamide

DMAP—4-dimethylaminopyridineDMEDA—N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine

DMF—N, N-dimethylformamide

DMP—Dess-Martin periodinaneDMSO—dimethyl sulfoxideDPPF—1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferroceneEA—ethyl acetateEDC—1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochlorideEDCI—3-(ethyliminomethyleneamino)-N,N-dimethylpropan-1-amineEtOH/EtOH—ethanolEt₂O—diethyl etherEtOAc—ethyl acetateEt₃N—triethylamineFA—formic acidHEP—heptaneHex—hexaneHOAc—acetic acidHATU—2-(1H-7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl uraniumhexafluorophosphateHOBT—hydroxybenzotriazoleIPA—isopropyl alcohol^(i)PrOH/iPrOH—isopropyl alcoholm-CPBA—meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acidMOMCl—monochlorodimethyl etherMe—methylMeOH—methanolMsCl—methanesulfonyl chlorideNaHMDS—sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide

NIS—N-iodosuccinimide

NMP—1-methyl-2-pyrrolidoneNMO—4-methylmorpholine 4-oxidePE—petroleum etherPMB—p-methoxybenzylPd₂(dba)₃—Tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium

Pd(dppf)Cl₂—1,1′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenepalladium(II)dichloride

dichloromethane complexPh₃P—triphenyiphosphine

PhNTf₂—N,N-bis-(Trifluoromethanesulfonyl)aniline

PPTS—pyridinium p-toluenesulfonatePTSA—p-toluenesulfonic acidrt/RT—room temperatureRt—retention timesat.—saturatedSEM-Cl—2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl chloride

SFC—Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

TBAl—Tetrabutylammonium iodideTBDPSCl—tert-Butyl(chloro)diphenylsilaneTEA—triethylamineTFA—trifluoroacetic acidTFAA—trifluoroacetic anhydrideTHF—tetrahydrofuranTLC—thin layer chromatographyTsCl—4-toluenesulfonyl chlorideTsOH—p-toluenesulfonic acid

Description 1 6-Bromo-5-methyl-1H-indazole (D1)

To a solution of 5-bromo-2,4-dimethylaniline (15.0 g, 75.0 mmol) inchloroform (150 mL) was added Ac₂O (15.0, 150 mmol) under ice bath. KOAc(8.00 g, 82.5 mmol), 18-crown-6 (10.0 g, 37.5 mmol) and isoamyl nitrite(26.3 g, 225 mmol) were added. The mixture was refluxed for 36 hrs. Thereaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was dissolved in EtOAc(500 mL). The organic solution was washed with water (100 mL), driedover Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue was dissolved in THF (100 mL)and NaOH (4 M, 40.0 mL, 160 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred atrt for 1 h. The solvent was removed under vacuum and the residue waspartitioned between EtOAc (400 mL) and water (200 mL). The organic layerwas washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The crude waspurified by column chromatography (PE:EtOAc from 10:1 to 5:1) to givethe title compound (5.1 g, yield 32%) as an orange solid.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 10.20 (br s, 1H), 7.99 (s, 1H), 7.75 (s, 1H),7.61 (s, 1H), 2.50 (s, 3H).

Description 2 6-Bromo-5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazole(D2)

To a solution of 6-bromo-5-methyl-1H-indazole (5.10 g, 24.2 mmol) in dryDCM (120 mL) was added DHP (4.10 g, 48.4 mmol), TsOH (0.800 g, 4.80mmol) and Mg₂SO₄ (5.0 g) at rt. The reaction mixture was heated to 35°C. and stirred for an hour. The reaction mixture was filtered and thefiltrate was washed with a solution of Na₂CO₃ (10%, 100 mL), dried overNa₂SO₄ and concentrated. The crude was purified by column chromatography(PE:EtOAc from 50:1 to 20:1) to give the title compound (6.0 g, yield84%) as an orange solid.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 7.90 (s, 1H), 7.84 (s, 1H), 7.55 (s, 1H),5.63 (dd, J=9.6, 3.0 Hz, 1H), 4.05-4.00 (m, 1H), 3.78-3.70 (m, 1H),2.58-2.44 (m, 4H), 2.20-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.78-1.65 (m, 3H).

LCMS: (mobile phase: 5-95% CH₃CN), Rt=2.19 min in 3 min; MS Calcd: 294;MS Found: 295 [M+H]⁺.

Description 3 Tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate(D3)

To a suspension of6-bromo-5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazole (5.50 g, 18.6mmol), tert-butyl4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate(6.90 g, 22.3 mmol) and Na₂CO₃ (4.90 g, 46.5 mmol) in dioxane (150 mL)and water (130 mL) was added Pd(dppf)Cl₂ (658 mg, 0.900 mmol). Themixture was degassed with N₂ for 3 times and then stirred at 80° C.overnight. The solvent was removed under vacuum and the residue waspartitioned between EtOAc (300 mL) and water (200 mL). The combinedorganic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated. The crude was purified by column chromatography(PE:EtOAc=10:1) to give the title compound (7.30 g, yield 99%) as aslight brown solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 7.92 (s, 1H), 7.48 (s, 1H), 7.28 (s, 1H),5.67 (dd, J=9.6, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 5.63 (br s, 1H), 4.07-4.01 (m, 3H),3.78-3.70 (m, 1H), 3.67-3.64 (m, 2H), 2.62-2.53 (m, 1H), 2.45-2.39 (m,2H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 2.18-2.12 (m, 1H), 2.07-2.02 (m, 1H), 1.81-1.73 (m,2H), 1.69-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.52 (s, 9H).

Description 4 Trans-tert-butyl3-hydroxy-4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D4)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate(21.0 g, 52.83 mmol) in dry THF (200 mL) was added BH₃-THF solution (1M, 211 mL, 211 mmol) under N₂ and below 5° C. with internal temperature.The mixture was warmed to rt and stirred overnight. TLC showed thestarting material was consumed. After cooled to 0° C., NaOH (aq, 2 M, 79mL, 158 mmol) was added dropwise carefully and the internal temperaturewas kept below 10° C. Then H₂O₂ (30%, 20.0 mL, 151 mmol) was addeddropwise and the internal temperature was still kept below 10° C. Themixture was stirred at rt. for an hour, then quenched with 150 mL of 10%Na₂S₂O₃ solution under ice bath and stirred for 20 min. The solvent wasremoved and the residue was extracted with EtOAc (200 mL×2). Thecombined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography(PE:EtOAc from 10:1 to 2:1) to give the title compound (16.5 g, yield75%) as a white solid.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 7.92 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H), 7.42 (s, 1H),5.70-5.67 (m, 1H), 4.49-4.44 (m, 1H), 4.30-4.17 (m, 1H), 4.05-3.91 (m,2H), 3.82-3.72 (m, 1H), 3.04-2.96 (m, 1H), 2.86-2.72 (m, 2H), 2.63-2.53(m, 1H), 2.47 (s, 3H), 2.21-2.16 (m, 1H), 2.07-2.02 (m, 1H), 1.99-1.67(m, 6H), 1.52 (s, 9H).

Description 5 (cis)-tert-Butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D5)

To a solution of (trans)-tert-Butyl3-hydroxy-4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(24.5 g, 59.0 mmol) in dry DCM (200 mL) was added DAST (38.0 g, 236mmol) under N₂ at −65° C. The mixture was gradually warmed to rt andstirred for 2 hrs. The reaction mixture was carefully poured into Na₂CO₃aqueous solution (10%, 300 mL) and stirred for 20 min. The organic layerwas separated and the aqueous was extracted with DCM (250 mL×2). Thecombined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ andevaporated. The crude was purified by column chromatography(PE:EtOAc=10:1) to give the title compound (11.8 g, yield 48%) as awhite solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 7.92 (s, 1H), 7.52 (s, 1H), 7.41 (s, 1H),5.74-5.67 (m, 1H), 4.80-4.59 (m, 2H), 4.21 (br s, 1H), 4.07-3.99 (m,1H), 3.80-3.71 (m, 1H), 3.25-3.19 (m, 1H), 2.89-2.79 (m, 2H), 2.65-2.51(m, 1H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 2.19-2.15 (m, 1H), 2.15-2.04 (m, 1H), 1.93-1.88(m, 1H), 1.80-1.74 (m, 5H), 1.52 (s, 9H).

LCMS (5-95% CH₃CN): Rt=2.25 min in 3 min; MS Calcd: 417; MS Found: 418[M+H]⁺.

Description 6((cis)-6-(3-Fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazole(D6)

To a solution of (cis)-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (1.60 g, 3.84 mmol) in CH₃OH (10 mL) was addedHCl/CH₃OH (5 M, 20 mL). The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 h. Thereaction mixture was poured into sat. NaHCO₃ solution (200 mL). Themixture was extracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). The combined organic layerswere washed with brine (50 mL), dried over Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by column C₁₈ (5%-60% CH₃CN in water) to give thetitle compound (600 mg, yield 49%) as a yellow oil.

LCMS (mobile phase: 5-95% Acetonitrile in 2.5 min): Rt=1.46 min; MSCalcd: 317; MS Found: 318 [M+H]⁺.

Description 7 (cis)-6-(3-Fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazolehydrochloride (D7)

A mixture of (cis)-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (2.50 g, 6.00 mmol) in HCl/dioxane (6 mol/L, 40mL) was stirred at rt for 6 hrs. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0°C. and filtered. The solid was washed with cold 1,4-dioxane (5 mL) toget the title compound (1.4 g, yield 100%) as a white solid which wasused for next step directly.

LC-MS (5-95% CH₃CN): Rt=1.73 min; MS Calcd.: 233, MS Found: 234 [M+H]⁺.

Description 8 (cis)-tert-Butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D8)

To a solution of (cis)-6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazolehydrochloride (500 mg, 2.14 mmol) in CH₃OH (5 mL) and H₂O (1 mL) wasadded KOH (242 mg, 4.29 mmol) and (Boc)₂O (700 mg, 3.21 mmol) under icebath. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 2 hrs. The reactionmixture was diluted with water (30 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×20mL). The combined organic layers were concentrated and purified bycolumn chromatograph (PE:EtOAc=20:1) to give the title compound (180 mg,yield 25%) as colorless oil.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 9.98 (s, 1H), 7.96 (s, 1H), 7.56 (s, 1H),7.39 (s, 1H), 4.76-4.54 (m, 2H), 4.27-4.10 (m, 1H), 3.25-3.14 (m, 1H),2.91-2.76 (m, 2H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 1.97-1.84 (m, 1H), 1.71-1.62 (m, 1H),1.51 (s, 9H).

Descriptions 9 and D10 (cis)-tert-Butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (singlecis isomer 1) (D9) and (cis)-tert-Butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (singlecis isomer 2) (D10)

(cis)-tert-Butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (140 mg,0.420 mmol) was separated by chiral prep. HPLC with the method(Chiralpak IB 5 μm 20*250 nm, Hex: i-PrOH=80:20, Flow: 20 mL/min, 205nm, T=30° C.) to give (cis)-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(enantiomer 1) (D9) (68 mg, yield 48%) as a white solid and(cis)-tert-Butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(enantiomer 2) (D10) (47 mg, yield 33%) as a white solid.

single cis isomer 1, D9:

LCMS (mobile phase: 5-95% Acetonitrile in 2.5 min): Rt=1.64 min; MSCalcd: 333 MS Found: 332 [M−H]⁻.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 10.07 (s, 1H), 7.97 (s, 1H), 7.56 (s, 1H),7.39 (s, 1H), 4.78-4.53 (m, 2H), 4.32-4.12 (m, 1H), 3.26-3.13 (m, 1H),2.93-2.75 (m, 2H), 2.47 (s, 3H), 1.94-1.79 (m, 1H), 1.69-1.60 (m, 1H),1.49 (s, 9H).

Chiral HPLC (Chiralpak IB 5 μm 4.6×250 mm, Phase: Hex/IPA=80/20, flowrate: 1 mL/min, temperature: 30° C.); Rt=6.142 min, 100% ee.

single cis isomer 2, D10:

LCMS: (mobile phase: 5-95% Acetonitrile in 2.5 min), Rt=1.64 min; MSCalcd: 333 MS Found: 332 [M−H]⁻.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 10.45 (s, 1H), 7.97 (s, 1H), 7.56 (s, 1H),7.39 (s, 1H), 4.75-4.55 (m, 2H), 4.26-4.16 (m, 1H), 3.24-3.17 (m, 1H),2.90-2.74 (m, 2H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 1.93-1.87 (m, 1H), 1.70-1.61 (m, 1H),1.50 (s, 9H).

Chiral HPLC (Chiralpak IB 5 μm 4.6×250 mm, Phase: Hex/IPA=80/20,flowrate: 1 mL/min, temperature: 30° C.): Rt=7.671 min, 100% ee

Description 11 6-((3S,4R)-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D11)

To a solution of tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D9, 100mg, 0.30 mmol), in MeOH (1.5 mL) was added HCl/MeOH (5M, 1 mL) at 0° C.The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirredovernight. The solvent was removed under vacuum and Na₂CO₃ solution (5mL) was added. It was extracted with EtOAc for 3 times. The organicphase was combined, dried, filtered and concentrated to give the crudeproduct as a white solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=0.49min; MS Calcd.: 233, MS Found: 234 [M+H]⁺.

Description 12 6-((3S,4R)-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D12)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D11 starting from a suspension of6-((3R,4S)-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole (D10),1-bromo-2-fluoroethane, K₂CO₃ in DMF.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=0.29min; MS Calcd.: 279.1, MS Found: 280.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 13 4,6-Diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (D13)

To a solution of NaI (1.10 g, 7.34 mmol) in HI (55%, 7.5 mL) was added4,6-dichloro-2-methoxypyrimidine (1.00 g, 5.59 mmol). The mixture washeated to 40° C. and stirred for 10 h. The reaction mixture was cooledto room temperature, poured into ice water (50 mL) and filtered to givethe crude solid. The residue was purified by column chromatography(PE:EtOAc=10:1) to give the title product (640 mg, yield 31.7%) as awhite solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 7.85 (s, 1H), 4.00 (s, 3H).

Description 14 4-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)morpholine (D14)

A mixture of 4,6-diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (1.00 g, 2.80 mol) andmorpholine (240 mg, 2.80 mol) in Et₃N (850 g, 8.40 mmol) and EtOH (20mL) was stirred at RT overnight. The reaction solution was poured intosat. NH₄Cl (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×60 mL). The combinedorganic layers were dried, filtered and concentrated. The residue waspurified by chromatography (PE:EtOAc=3:1) to give the title product (850mg, yield: 95%) as a white solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=0.89 min; MSCalcd.: 321.0, MS Found: 322.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 15 (R)-4-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine(D15)

To a solution of 4,6-diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (725 mg, 2.00 mmol) and(R)-3-methylmorpholine hydrochloride (202 mg, 2.00 mmol) in i-PrOH/THF(10 mL/10 mL) was added DIEDA (776 mg, 6 mmol). The mixture was stirredat 80° C. overnight, then concentrated to give the residue. The crudewas purified by chromatography (PE:EtOAc=7:1) to give the title productas a colorless oil (500 mg, yield: 75%) which was directly used intonext step.

Description 16 tert-butylcis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D16)

To a mixture of tert-butylcis-3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D9,80 mg, 0.24 mmol) and(R)-4-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine (87 mg, 0.26mmol) in toluene/THF (5 mL/1 mL) were addedN¹,N²-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine (32 mg, 0.31 mmol), CuI (51 mg, 0.24mmol) and K₃PO₄ (110 mg, 0.48 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at90° C. for 2 hours under N₂, diluted with aq.NH₃.H₂O (50 mL) andextracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried,filtered and concentrated. The purification by chromatography(PE:EtOAc=5:1) afforded the title product as a white oil (125 mg, yield:96%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: 40% water (0.1% FA) and 60% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.56 min; MSCalcd.: 540.6, MS Found: 541.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 17cis-(3R)-4-(6-(6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholinehydrochloride (D17)

To a solution of tert-butylcis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D16,125 mg, 0.200 mmol) in EtOAc (5 mL) was slowly dropped HCl.EtOAc (2.00mL, 3.50 mol/L) in ice bath. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt. for30 min, then concentrated to give the crude as a white solid (80 mg).

LC-MS [mobile phase: 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.83 min; MSCalcd.: 440.5, MS Found: 441.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 18 ethylcis-2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate(D18)

To a solution ofcis-(3R)-4-(6-(6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholinehydrochloride(D17, 75 mg, 0.17 mmol)) in DMF (2 mL) were added Et₃N (52mg, 0.51 mmol) and ethyl 2-bromoacetate (57 mg, 0.34 mmol) in ice bath.The reaction mixture was stirred at RT for 2 hours, diluted with water(20 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (30 mL×3). The combined organic layerswere washed with brine (100 mL×2), dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated to give the title product as a white solid (90 mg).

LC-MS [mobile phase: 70% water (0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.54 min; MSCalcd.: 526.6, MS Found: 527.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 19 tert-butylcis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D19)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D16 starting fromcis-3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D10),(R)-4-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine in toluene/THF,N1,N2-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine, CuI and K₃PO₄ at 90° C.

LC-MS [mobile phase: 40% water (0.1% FA) and 60% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.48 min; MSCalcd.: 540.6, MS Found: 541.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 20cis-(3R)-4-(6-(6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyri-midin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholinehydrochloride (D20)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D17 starting from tert-butylcis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D19).

LC-MS [mobile phase: 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.87 min; MSCalcd.: 440.5, MS Found: 441.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 21 ethylcis-2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate(D21)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D18 starting fromcis-(3R)-4-(6-(6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholinehydrochloride and ethyl 2-bromoacetate (D20).

LC-MS [mobile phase: 70% water (0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.54 min; MSCalcd.: 526.6, MS Found: 527.3 [M+H]⁺.

Descriptions 22-50

Below compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to those describedfor D13, D16, D17 and D18.

Entry Structure Solvent/base Characterization D 22

i-PrOH & THF/DIPEA LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 60% water(0.1% FA) and 40% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN(0.1% FA) in 2.0 min, Rt 1.43 min; MS Calcd.: 335.0, MS Found: 336.0[M + H]⁺. D 23

i-PrOH & THF/NEt₃ LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 70% water(0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN(0.1% FA) in 2.0 min, Rt 0.45 min; MS Calcd.: 305, MS Found: 306.2 [M +H]⁺. D 24

i-PrOH/ DIEDA D 25

i-PrOH & THF/DIPEA LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 60% water(0.1% FA) and 40% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN(0.1% FA) in 2.0 min, Rt = 0.99 min; MS Calcd.: 319.0, MS Found: 320.2[M + H]⁺. D 26

Toluene & THF/DMEDA. LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water(0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN(0.1% FA) in 2.0 min, Rt = 1.81 min; MS Calcd.: 526.3, MS Found: 527.4[M + H]⁺. D 27

EtOAc LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min, Rt = 1.16 min; MS Calcd.: 438.2, MS Found: 439.4 [M + H]⁺. D 28

DMF/NEt₃ LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min, Rt = 1.56 min; MS Calcd.: 512.3, MS Found: 513.4 [M + H]⁺. D 29

LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10%CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0min, Rt = 6.93 min; MS Calcd.: 526.3, MS Found: 527.3 [M + H]⁺. D 30

LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10%CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min, Rt = 1.16 min; MS Calcd.: 438.2, MS Found: 439.4 [M + H]⁺. D 31

DMF/NEt₃ LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0min, Rt = 4.82 min; MS Calcd.: 512.3, MS Found: 513.3 [M + H]⁺. D 32

toluene/THF/ DMEDA LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water(0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN(0.1% FA) in 9.0 min, Rt = 7.02 min; MS Calcd.: 540.3, MS Found: 541.3[M + H]⁺. D 33

EtOAC LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0min, Rt = 4.92 min; MS Calcd.: 440.2, MS Found: 441.3 [M + H]⁺. D 34

Et₃N/DMF LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min, Rt = 1.61 min; MS Calcd.: 526.3, MS Found: 527.3 [M + H]⁺. D 35

toluene & THF/DMEDA LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water(0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN(0.1% FA) in 9.0 min, Rt = 4.50 min; MS Calcd.: 540.3, MS Found: 541.3[M + H]⁺. D 36

EtOAc LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0min, Rt = 4.91 min; MS Calcd.: 440.2, MS Found: 441.3 [M + H]⁺. D 37

NEt₃/DMF LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min, Rt = 1.61 min; MS Calcd.: 526.3, MS Found: 527.3 [M + H]⁺. D 38

toluene/DMEDA LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1%FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1%FA) in 3.0 min, Rt 1.57 min; MS Calcd.: 510, MS Found: 511.4[M + H]+. D39

EtOAc D 40

NEt₃/DMf LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0min, Rt = 6.15 min; MS Calcd.: 496, MS Found: 497.3 [M + H]⁺. D 41

Toluene/ DMEDA LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1%FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1%FA) in 9.0 min, Rt = 7.66 min; MS Calcd.: 510, MS Found: 511.3 [M + H]⁺.D 42

EtOAc D 43

NEt₃/DMF LC-MS: mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0min, Rt 6.15 min; MS Calcd.: 496, MS Found: 497.3 [M + H]⁺. D 44

Toluene & THF/N¹,N²- dimethylethane- 1,2,-diamine LC-MS: mobile phase:50% water (0.1% FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min, Rt = 7.41 min; MS Calcd.:524.6, MSFound: 525.4 [M + H]⁺. D 45

EtOAc LC-MS: mobile phase: 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA)to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min, Rt = 4.70min; MS Calcd.:424.5, MS Found: 425.3 [M + H]⁺. D 46

NEt₃/DMF LC-MS: mobile phase: 70% water (0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1%FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min, Rt = 1.54min; MS Calcd.:510.6, MS Found: 511.3 [M + H]⁺. D 47

toluene & THF/N¹,N²- dimethylethane- 1,2,-diamine LC-MS: mobile phase:40% water (0.1% FA) and 60% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0 min, Rt = 4.89 min; MS Calcd.:524.6, MSFound: 525.4 [M + H]⁺. D 48

EtOAc LC-MS: mobile phase: 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA)to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9.0 min, Rt = 4.76 min;MS Calcd.:424.5, MS Found: 425.3 [M + H]⁺. D 49

DMF/Et₃N LC-MS: mobile phase: 70% water (0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1%FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min, Rt = 1.54min; MS Calcd.:510.6, MS Found: 511.3 [M + H]⁺.

Description 50 tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D50)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate(80 g, crude) in MeOH (2 L) under H₂ was added Pd/C (10 g, 12%/W). Thereaction mixture was degassed for 3 times and stirred at r.t for 2 d.The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to give thecrude product as a white solid. (65.8 g)

LC-MS [mobile phase: mobile phase: from 30% water (0.1% FA) and 70%CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min]: Rt=0.63 min; MS Calcd.: 399.2, MS Found: 400.5 [M+H]⁺.

Description 51 5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole (D51)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahyd-ro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(55.4 g, 139 mmol) in MeOH (150 mL) was added HCl/MeOH (5 M, 200 mL).The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight, then concentrated,treated with a solution of Na₂CO₃ and basified with a solution of NaOHto pH >12. The mixture was filtered to give the desired product as awhite solid. (29.3 g, yield=98%)

LC-MS [mobile phase: mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10%CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min]: Rt=0.85 min; MS Calcd.: 215, MS Found: 216 [M+H]⁺.

Description 52 tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D52)

To a stirred solution of 5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole (1.00g, 4.64 mmol) and Et₃N (930 mg, 9.20 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (80 mL) was addedBoc₂O (1.00 g, 4.60 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 3 h. LC-MS showed the reaction was completed. Thereaction mixture was concentrated to dryness. The residue was purifiedby silica gel chromatography eluted with PE:EtOAc=3:1 to afford thedesired product as a white solid (900 mg, yield: 61%).

¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₅) δ 12.77 (s, 1H), 7.89 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H),7.28 (s, 1H), 4.12-4.07 (m, 2H), 3.17 (s, 1H), 2.94-2.84 (m, 2H), 2.40(s, 3H), 1.77 (d, J=12.0 Hz, 2H), 1.55-1.47 (m, 2H), 1.43 (s, 9H).

Description 531-(4-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanone (D53)

To a solution of 4,6-diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (869 mg, 2.40 mmol) and1-(morpholin-2-yl)ethanone (400 mg, 2.40 mmol) in THF/EtOH=1/1 (30 mL)was added DIEA (1.24 g, 9.60 mmol) at rt. The reaction mixture wasstirred at rt for 16 h. TLC (PE:EtOAc=5:1) showed reaction wascompleted. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness and theresidue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluted withPE:EtOAc=10:1 to afford the title product as a white solid (650 mg,yield: 74%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=1.13 min; MSCalcd: 363.0, MS Found: 364.0 [M+H]⁺.

Description 54 tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(2-acetylmorpholine)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D54)

To a stirred solution of1-(4-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanone (576 mg,1.60 mmol) and tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (500 mg, 1.60 mmol)in toluene (30 mL) were added CuI (453 mg, 2.03 mmol), K₃PO₄ (672 mg,3.20 mmol) and N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine (281 mg, 3.20 mmol). Thereaction mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 5 h. LC-MS showed reactionwas completed. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue waspurified by silica gel chromatography eluted with PE:EtOAc=3:1 to givethe title product as a white solid (550 mg, yield: 63%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=2.01 min; MSCalcd: 550.3, MS Found: 551.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 551-(4-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanone(D55)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(2-acetylmorpholino)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(540 mg, 0.98 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (50 mL) was added 2,2,2-trifluoroaceticacid (5 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 16 h. LC-MSshowed the reaction was completed. The reaction mixture was concentratedand the residue was diluted with CH₂Cl₂ (20 mL) and NH₃.H₂O (10 mL). Theaqueous layer was extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (2×20 mL) and the combinedorganic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andfiltered. The filtrate was concentrated to dryness to give the targetproduct as a white solid (406 mg, yield: 92%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.79 min; MSCalcd: 450.2, MS Found: 451.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 561-(4-(6-(6-(1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanone(D56)

To a solution of1-(4-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanone(380 mg, 0.840 mmol), 1-fluoro-2-iodoethane (176 mg, 1.01 mmol) in DMF(20 mL) was added Cs₂CO₃ (326 mg, 1.69 mmol). The reaction mixture wasstirred at rt overnight. LC-MS showed reaction was completed. Thereaction mixture was diluted with CH₂Cl₂ (20 mL) and H₂O (20 mL). Theaqueous layer was extracted with CH₂Cl₂ (2×50 mL) and the combinedorganic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ andfiltered. The filtrate was concentrated to dryness. The residue waspurified by silica gel chromatography eluted with EtOAc to give thetitle product as a white solid (235 mg, yield: 56%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.80 min; MSCalcd: 496.6, MS Found: 497.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 57 4,6-Diiodo-2-methylpyrimidine (D57)

To a solution of NaI (11.9 g, 79.7 mmol) in HI (55%, 50 mL) was added4,6-dichloro-2-methylpyrimidine (10.0 g, 61.3 mmol) in portions. Thereaction mixture was heated to 40° C. and stirred for 1 hour, thenfiltered, washed with water then methanol (50 mL) and filtered. Thefiltered cake was dried to give the title compound (9.0 g, yield 42%) asa white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.07 (s, 1H), 2.67 (s, 3H).

LCMS (mobile phase: 5-95% acetonitrile in 2.5 min): Rt=1.59 min, MSCalcd: 346; MS Found: 347 [M+H]⁺.

Description 586-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D58)

To a suspension of6-((3S,4R)-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole (D11) (80 mg,0.34 mmol) and 1-bromo-2-fluoroethane (52.0 mg, 0.41 mmol) in DMF (2 mL)was added K₂CO₃ (141 mg, 1.02 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at25° C. for one day, quenched with water and extracted with EtOAc for 3times. The organic phase was combined, dried, filtered and concentrated.The purification via silico gel column(EtOAc DCM:MeOH=20:1) afforded thetitle product (40 mg, yield 41.8%) as a white solid.

Description 596-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D59)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D58 starting from a suspension of6-((3R,4S)-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole (D12),1-bromo-2-fluoroethane, K₂CO₃ in DMF at 25° C.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=0.29min; MS Calcd.: 279.1, MS Found: 280.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 60 1-(6-Iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol (D60)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D14 starting from a suspension of4,6-diiodo-2-methylpyrimidine, azetidin-3-ol hydrochloride and TEA ini-PrOH.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆): δ 6.69 (s, 1H), 5.79 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 1H),4.59-4.52 (m, 1H), 4.22-4.18 (m, 2H), 3.72 (dd, J=9.6, 4.4 Hz, 2H), 2.29(s, 3H).

LCMS: (mobile phase: 5-95% Acetonitrile in 2.5 min), Rt=1.18 min, MSCalcd: 291; MS Found: 292 [M+H]⁺.

Description 614-Iodo-2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidine(D61)

To a suspension of 1-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol (1.20g, 4.12 mmol) in dry DCM (20 mL) was added DHP (1.38 g, 16.4 mmol) andTsOH (280 mg, 1.64 mmol) at rt. The resulting mixture was heated toreflux and stirred for 20 hrs. The reaction mixture was diluted with DCMto 100 mL and then washed with Na₂CO₃ (sat., 50 mL) and brine, driedover MgSO₄ and concentrated. The crude was purified by columnchromatography (PE:EtOAc=5:1) to give the title compound (1.5 g, yield97%) as a colorless oil.

¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 6.48 (s, 1H), 4.70-4.60 (m, 2H), 4.33-4.18(m, 2H), 4.08-3.92 (m, 2H), 3.90-3.80 (m, 1H), 3.57-3.48 (m, 1H), 2.45(s, 3H), 1.89-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.49 (m, 4H).

LCMS (mobile phase: 5-95% Acetonitrile in 2.5 min): Rt=1.59 min, MSCalcd: 375; MS Found: 376 [M+H]⁺.

Description 626-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D62)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D16 starting from a suspension of6-(3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D58),4-iodo-2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrim-idine,CuI and K₃PO₄ in dry toluene and N,N-dimethyl-1,2-ethanediamine.

Description 636-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D63)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D16 starting from a suspension of6-((3R,4S)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D59),4-iodo-2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidine,CuI and K₃PO₄ in dry toluene and N,N-dimethyl-1,2-ethanediamine.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.18min; MS Calcd.: 526.3, MS Found: 527.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 64 (R)-tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D64)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D16 starting from a mixture of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate and(R)-4-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine in toluene/THF,N¹,N²-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine, CuI and K₃PO₄.

LC-MS [mobile phase: 40% water (0.1% FA) and 60% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0min]: Rt=5.99 min; MS Calcd.: 506.6, MS Found: 507.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 65(R)-3-methyl-4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholine(D65)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D17 starting from (R)-tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylatein EtOAc and HCl.EtOAc.

Description 66 (R)-ethyl2-(4-(5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate(D66)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D18 starting from a solution of(R)-3-methyl-4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholinein DMF, Et₃N and ethyl 2-bromoacetate.

LC-MS [mobile phase: 70% water (0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0min]: Rt=1.17 min; MS Calcd.: 492.6, MS Found: 493.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 67 (R)-tert-butyl4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D67)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D16 starting from a mixture of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate,(R)-4-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine, CuI (20 mg),K₃PO₄ in toluene/THF and DMEDA

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.72 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H),6.80 (s, 1H), 4.46 (br, 1H), 4.29 (br, 2H), 4.11-4.10 (m, 1H), 4.11 (s,3H), 4.03-3.99 (m, 1H), 3.78-3.73 (m, 2H), 3.61-3.53 (m, 1H), 3.37-3.30(m, 1H), 3.02-2.85 (m, 3H), 2.47 (s, 3H), 1.86 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.65 (m,2H), 1.50 (s, 9H), 1.34 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 3H).

Description 68 Synthesis of(R)-4-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholinehydrochloride (D68)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D17 starting from a solution of (R)-tert-butyl4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylatein HCl/EtOAc.

Description 69 (R)-ethyl2-(4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate(D69)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D18 starting from ethyl 2-bromoacetate and a solution of(R)-4-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholinehydrochloride and Et₃N in DMF.

Description 70 (S)-tert-butyl4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D70)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D16 starting from a suspension of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate,(S)-4-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine, CuI and K₃PO₄in toluene/THF and DMEDA.

LC-MS[mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.07 min; MSCalcd.: 522.3, MS Found: 523.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 71(S)-4-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholine(D71)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D17 starting from a solution of (S)-tert-butyl4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylatein EtOAc and HCl/EtOAc.

LC-MS[mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.21 min; MSCalcd.: 422.2, MS Found: 423.5 [M+H]⁺.

Description 72 (S)-ethyl2-(4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate(D72)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for D18 starting from ethyl 2-bromoacetate and a solution of(S)-4-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-3-methylmorpholineand Et₃N in DMF.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.34 min; MSCalcd.: 508.3, MS Found: 509.5 [M+H]⁺.

Description 73 4-(azetidin-1-yl)-6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (D73)

A mixture of 4,6-diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (362 mg, 1.00 mol),azetidine (86.0 mg, 1.50 mol) and DIEA (388 g, 3.00 mmol) in THF (10.0mL) and ^(i)-PrOH (10.0 mL) was stirred at rt overnight. The reactionsolution was concentrated and purified by chromatography (PE:EtOAc=2:1)to give the title product (269 mg, yield: 92.0%) as a white solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.38min; MS Calcd.: 291.0, MS Found: 292.1 [M+H]⁺.

Description 74 tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D74)

To a suspension of cis-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D9, Peak1, 60 mg, 0.18 mmol), 4-(azetidin-1-yl)-6-iodo-2-methoxypyri-midine (63mg, 0.22 mmol), CuI (34 mg, 0.18 mmol), K₃PO₄ (76 mg, 0.36 mmol) intoluene/THF (5.0 mL/1 mL) was added DMEDA (32 mg, 0.36 mmol). Theresulting mixture was degassed with N₂ three times, then stirred at 80°C. for 2 hour. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc (20 mL),washed with sat. NH₄Cl (20 mL) and brine (20 mL). The organic solutionwas dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue waspurified by prep-TLC (PE:EtOAc=2:1) to give the title product (58 mg,yield: 65%) as a pale yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.30min; MS Calcd.: 496.3, MS Found: 497.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 751-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D75)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D74, 58 mg, 0.12 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (5.0 mL) was added dropwise TFA (1.0mL). The reaction solution was stirred at rt for 60 min and concentratedto give the title product (59 mg, yield: 100%) as a pale yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.23min; MS Calcd.: 396.2, MS Found: 397.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 76 ethyl2-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)acetate(D76, from Peak 1)

To a solution of1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D75, 59 mg, 0.12 mmol) and Et₃N (60 mg, 0.60 mmol) in DMF (2.0 mL) wasslowly added ethyl 2-bromoacetate (40 mg, 0.24 mmol). The reactionsolution was stirred at rt for 60 min, then quenched with sat. NH₄Cl,diluted with EtOAc (20 mL), washed with brine (50 mL), dried andconcentrated. The residue was purified by prep-TLC (PE:EtOAc=1:1) togive the title product (49 mg, yield: 88%) as a pale yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.66min; MS Calcd.: 482.2, MS Found: 483.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 77 tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D77)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D74 starting from a suspension of cis-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D10, Peak2), 4-(azetidin-1-yl)-6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (D₇₃), CuI and K₃PO₄ intoluene/THF and DMEDA.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.30min; MS Calcd.: 496.3, MS Found: 497.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 781-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D78, from Peak 2)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D74 starting from a solution of tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D77) in CH₂Cl₂ and TFA.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.23min; MS Calcd.: 396.2, MS Found: 397.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 79 ethyl2-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)acetate(D79, from Peak 2)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D75 starting from ethyl 2-bromoacetate (37 mg, 0.22 mmol) was slowlyadded to the solution of1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazole(D78) and Et₃N in DMF.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.66min; MS Calcd.: 482.2, MS Found: 483.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 80 tert-butyl 4-(5-chloro-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D80)

To a solution of tert-butyl6-(1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-chloro-1H-indazole-1-carboxylate(D117, 600 mg, 1.38 mmol) in MeOH (40.0 mL) was added aq. NaOH (1 M,40.0 mL) at rt. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight,diluted with CH₂Cl₂ (50 mL×3). The combined organic layers were washedwith brine (50 mL), dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄, filtered andconcentrated to dryness. The residue was purified by silica gelchromatography eluted with PE:EtOAc=1:1 to afford the title product as awhite solid (400 mg, yield: 86.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% T FA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=1.57min; MS Calcd: 335.8, MS Found: 336.1 [M+H]⁺.

Description 81 tert-butyl4-(5-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidi-ne-1-carboxylate (D81)

A mixture of tert-butyl 4-(5-chloro-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (2.00 g, 6.00 mmol),4,6-dichloro-2-methylpyrimidine (978 mg, 6.00 mmol) and Cs₂CO₃ (5.90 g,18.0 mmol) in DMF (80.0 mL) was stirred at 50° C. for 5 h. The reactionmixture was diluted with water (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (100mL×3). The combined organic layers were washed with water (50 mL×3) andbrine (50 mL), dried, filtered and concentrated. The residue waspurified by silica gel chromatography eluted with (PE:EtOAc=5:1) to givethe crude product. The crude was recrystallized from MeOH to give thetitle product as a white solid (380 mg, 13.0% yield).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 20% water (0.1% TFA) and 80% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% T FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 10 min]: Rt=3.44min; MS Calcd: 461.1, MS Found: 462.1 [M+H]⁺.

Description 825-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D82)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(5-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (380 mg, 0.820 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (80.0 mL) wasadded 2,2,2-trifluoroacetic acid (10 mL). The reaction mixture wasstirred at rt overnight, diluted with NH₃.H₂O (15 mL) and extracted withCH₂Cl₂ (100 mL×2). The combined organic layers were washed with brine,dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and filtered. The filtrate was concentratedto dryness to give the title product as a white solid (310 mg, yield:100%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.81min; MS Calcd: 361.0, MS Found: 362.0 [M+H]⁺.

Description 831-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one (D83)

To a solution of5-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(300 mg, 0.830 mmol) and 1-bromopropan-2-one (164 mg, 1.20 mmol) in DMF(40.0 mL) was added Et₃N (242 mg, 2.40 mmol). The reaction mixture wasstirred at rt overnight, concentrated, diluted with H₂O (50.0 mL) andextracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). The combined organic layers were washedwith water (50 mL×3) and brine, dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄, filteredand concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatographyeluted with EtOAc to give the title product as a white solid (240 mg,yield: 69.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.82min; MS Calcd: 417.1, MS Found: 418.1 [M+H]⁺.

Description 84(R)-1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D84)

To a solution of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl) propan-2-one (120 mg, 0.290 mmol) and(R)-morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride (D114, 44.0 mg, 0.290 mmol) inDMF (30.0 mL) was added DIEA (187 mg, 1.45 mmol) at rt. The reactionmixture was stirred at 80° C. overnight, cooled to room temperature,diluted with water (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). Thecombined organic layers were washed with water (50 mL×3) and brine (50mL), dried, filtered and concentrated to give the title product as ayellow solid (110 mg, yield: 76.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.78min; MS Calcd.: 498.2, MS Found: 499.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 851-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(D85)

To a solution of(R)-1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrim-idin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(110 mg, 0.220 mmol) in MeOH (30.0 mL) was added NaBH₄ (24.0 mg, 0.660mmol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 3 h,diluted with H₂O (50.0 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). Thecombined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried overanhydrous Na₂SO₄, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified bysilica gel chromatography eluted with (EtOAc:MeOH=20:1) to give thetitle product as a white solid (78.0 mg, yield: 70.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.77min; MS Calcd: 500.2, MS Found: 501.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 86(S)-1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D86)

To a solution of1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl) propan-2-one (120 mg, 0.290 mmol) and(S)-morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride (44.0 mg, 0.290 mmol) in DMF(30.0 mL) was added DIEA (187 mg, 1.45 mmol) at rt. The reaction mixturewas stirred at 80° C. overnight, cooled to room temperature, dilutedwith water (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (50 mL×3). The combinedorganic layers were washed with water (50 mL×3) and brine (50 mL), driedand filtered. The filtrate was concentrated to give the title product asa yellow solid (110 mg, yield: 76.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.78min; MS Calcd.: 498.2, MS Found: 499.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 87 cis-tert-butyl4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D87)

A mixture of cis-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D9,peak 1) (500 mg, 1.50 mmol) and 4,6-dichloro-2-methylpyrimidine (300 mg,1.84 mmol) and Cs₂CO₃ (1.60 g, 4.91 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) was stirred at40° C. for 2 h, diluted with EtOAc (100 mL) and washed with brine (100mL×3). The organic layer was dried and concentrated. The residue waspurified by column (PE:EtOAc=10:1) to give the title product as anoff-white solid (500 mg, 72.0% yield). The solid was recrystallized fromMeOH to give the pure product as a white solid (342 mg, 50% yield)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.81min; MS Calcd.: 459.2, MS Found: 460.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 881-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(cis-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazolehydrochloride (D88)

To a mixture of cis-tert-butyl4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D87, 300 mg, 0.650 mmol) in MeOH (10 mL) was added HCl/EtOAc (5 mL, 6N). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h and concentrated togive the title product as a white solid (280 mg)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=0.37min; MS Calcd.: 359.1, MS Found: 360.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 891-(cis-4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropi-peridin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D89)

To a solution of1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(cis-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazolehydrochloride (D88, 260 mg, 0.600 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) were added1-bromopropan-2-one (274 mg, 2.00 mmol) and Et₃N (1 mL). The reactionmixture was stirred at rt for 1 h, diluted with EtOAc (50 mL), washedwith brine (60 mL×3), dried and concentrated to give the title productas an off-white solid (310 mg)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% T FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.37min; MS Calcd.: 415.2, MS Found: 416.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 901-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D90)

A solution of1-(cis-4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D89, 70.7 mg, 0.170 mmol), (R)-morpholin-2-ylmeth-anol hydrochloride(D116, 153 mg, 1.00 mmol) and Et₃N (1 mL) in NMP (10 mL) was stirred at60° C. for 2 h, diluted with EtOAc (50 mL), washed with brine (50 mL×3).The organic solution was dried and concentrated. The residue waspurified by prep-TLC (MeOH/DCM=1/10) to give the title product as awhite solid (79.0 mg, 99.0% yield)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.09min; MS Calcd.: 496.3, MS Found: 497.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 911-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D91)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D90 starting from a solution of1-(cis-4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D89), (S)-morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride and Et₃N in NMP at 60°C. for 2 h.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.05min; MS Calcd.: 496.3, MS Found: 497.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 92 cis-tert-butyl4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluo-ropiperidine-1-carboxylate(D92)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D87 starting from a mixture of cis-tert-butyl3-fluoro-4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D10, peak2), 4,6-dichloro-2-methylpyrimidine and Cs₂CO₃ in DMF at 40° C. for 2 h.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.81min; MS Calcd: 459.2, MS Found: 460.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 931-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(cis-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazolehydrochloride (D93)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D88 starting from a mixture of cis-tert-butyl4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidine-1-carboxylatein MeOH and HCl/EtOAc at rt for 1 h.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=0.37min; MS Calcd.: 359.1, MS Found: 360.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 941-(cis-4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluorop-iperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D94)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D89 starting from a solution of1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-6-(cis-3-fluoropiperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazolehydrochloride in DMF, 1-bromopropan-2-one and Et₃N at rt for 1 h.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.37min; MS Calcd.: 415.2, MS Found: 416.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 951-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D95)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor D90 starting from a solution of1-(4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-cis-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D94), (R)-morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride and Et₃N in NMP at 60°C. for 2 h.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.14min; MS Calcd.: 496.26, MS Found: 497.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 961-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D96)

A solution of1-(cis-4-(1-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one (D94, 75.0 mg, 0.180 mmol),(S)-morpholin-2-ylme-thanol hydrochloride (138 mg, 0.900 mmol) and Et₃N(125 mg) in NMP (5.00 mL) was stirred at 60° C. for 2 h. The reactionsolution was diluted with sat. NH₄Cl (80.0 mL) and extracted with EtOAc(60 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by silico gel chromatograohy (MeOH/CH₂Cl₂=1/15) togive the title product as a white solid (120 mg)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.14min; MS Calcd.: 496.3, MS Found: 497.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 97 tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-in-daz-ol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D97)

A suspension of 1-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol (291 mg,1.00 mmol), tart-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (315 mg, 1.00mmol), CuI (38.0 mg, 0.200 mmol), K₃PO₄ (424 mg, 2.00 mmol) andN,N′-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine (56.0 mg, 0.400 mmol) in toluene(3.00 mL) was stirred at 100° C. overnight, diluted with EtOAc (30 mL),washed with NH₃H₂O (15 mL×3). The organic layer was dried over Na₂SO₄,filtered and concentrated. The crude was purified by flashchromatography (petroleum ether/EtOAc=1:1) to give the title compound(420 mg, 88%) as a white solid.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.75 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H), 6.59(s, 1H), 4.84-4.81 (m, 1H), 4.43-4.29 (m, 4H), 4.02-3.98 (m, 2H),2.98-2.85 (m, 3H), 2.61 (s, 3H), 2.47 (s, 3H), 1.89-1.86 (m, 2H),1.78-1.72 (m, 3H), 1.50 (s, 9H).

Description 981-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol(D98)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(420 mg, 0.880 mmol) in MeOH (2.00 mL) was added HCl/MeOH (2 M, 1 mL).The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours andconcentrated to give the title product (332 mg, 99.0%) as a white solid.

LCMS [column: Phenomenex Kinetex 5 μm EVO, C₁₈; column size: 4.6×50 mm;mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A (0.02% NH₄Ac in water); gradient (B %) in 4mins]: Rt=1.580 min, MS Calcd.: 378, MS Found: 379 [M+H]⁺.

Description 991-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(D99)

A mixture of5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazole(D114, 787 mg, 2.63 mmol), 2-(fluoromethyl)oxirane (1.00 g, 13.2 mmol)and Cs₂CO₃ (2.60 g, 7.89 mmol) in DMF (10.0 mL) was stirred at 80° C. ina sealed tube overnight. The resulting mixture was diluted with EtOAc(30.0 mL), washed with water (50 mL×2). The organic solution was driedover anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue was purified bysilica gel column (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=30:1-10:1) to give the title product (420mg, yield: 43%) as a yellow oil.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 70% water (0.1% TFA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=3.04min; MS Calcd: 375.2, MS Found: 376.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 1001-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(D100)

To a solution of1-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)p-iperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(D99, 420 mg, 1.12 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (10.0 mL) was added dropwise TFA(2.00 mL). The reaction solution was stirred at room temperatureovernight, concentrated and diluted with water (20.0 mL) and MeOH (5.00mL). The resulting mixture was basified to pH-9 with solid K₂CO₃, thenextracted with CH₂Cl₂ (20 mL×3). The combined organic layers were driedover anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue was purified bysilica gel column (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=5:1) to give the title product (185 mg,yield: 57.0%) as a yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 70% water (0.1% TFA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=3.85min; MS Calcd: 291.2, MS Found: 292.3 [M+H]⁺.

Description 101 methyl2-hydroxy-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)p-eridin-1-yl)propanoate(D101)

A mixture of5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazole(D114, 4.40 g, 14.7 mmol), methyl oxirane-2-carboxylate (4.50 g, 44.1mmol) and Cs₂CO₃ (14.4 g, 44.1 mmol) in DMF (40 mL) was stirred at 80°C. in a sealed tube overnight. The resulting mixture was diluted withEtOAc (80.0 mL) and washed with water (100 mL×2). The organic solutionwas dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue waspurified by silica gel column (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=30:1) to give the titleproduct (1.70 g, yield: 29.0%) as a yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 70% water (0.1% TFA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=3.28min; MS Calcd: 401.2, MS Found: 402.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 102 methyl2-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piper-idin-1-yl)propanoate(D102)

To a solution of methyl2-hydroxy-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propanoate(D101, 1.70 g, 4.23 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (15.0 mL) was added dropwise asolution of DAST (2.00 g, 12.7 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (5 mL) at −60° C. underN₂. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h,quenched with sat. NaHCO₃ and washed with brine (20 mL). The separatedorganic part was dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by silica gel column (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=100:1) to givethe title product (620 mg, yield: 36.0%) as a yellow oil.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 70% water (0.1% TFA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.10min; MS Calcd: 403.2, MS Found: 404.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 1032-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol(D103)

To a solution of methyl2-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propanoate(D102, 620 mg, 1.54 mmol) in MeOH (10.0 mL) was added NaBH₄ (174 mg,4.61 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30min, quenched with sat. NaHCO₃, diluted with DCM (30 mL) and washed withbrine (20 mL×2). The separated organic part was dried over anhydrousNa₂SO₄ and concentrated to give the title product (560 mg, yield: 97.0%)as a yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 70% water (0.1% TFA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.02min; MS Calcd: 375.2, MS Found: 376.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 1042-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol(D104)

To a solution of2-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol(D103, 560 mg, 1.49 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (5.00 mL) was added dropwise TFA (1mL). The reaction solution was stirred at room temperature overnight,concentrated, diluted with CH₂Cl₂ (30 mL), washed with sat. NaHCO₃ (30mL) and brine (30 mL). The separated organic solution was dried overanhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue was purified by silicagel column (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=10:1) to give the title product (245 mg, yield:56.0%) as a yellow solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 70% water (0.1% TFA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.06min; MS Calcd: 291.2, MS Found: 292.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 105 4-(azetidin-1-yl)-6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (D105)

A mixture of 4,6-diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (2.00 g, 5.52 mmol),azetidine (0.570 g, 6.07 mmol) and TEA (1.67 g, 16.6 mmol) in DMSO (20.0mL) was stirred at 60° C. overnight, diluted with H₂O (250 mL),extracted with EtOAc (200 mL×2) and concentrated. The residue waspurified by silica gel chromatography column (petroleum ether/EtOAc=8/1)to give the title product (0.640 g, 40.0%) as a white oil.

¹HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): 6.29 (s, 1H), 4.07 (1, J=8.0 Hz, 4H), 3.89 (s,3H), 2.45-2.38 (m, 2H).

Description 106 tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D106)

A mixture of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (300 mg, 0.950mmol), 4-(azetidin-1-yl)-6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (304 mg, 1.05 mmol),N,N′-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine (27.0 mg, 0.190 mmol), CuI (18.0mg, 0.0950 mmol) and K₃PO₄ (403 mg, 1.90 mmol) in toluene (4 mL) wasstirred at 100° C. for 3 hours, diluted with H₂O (15 mL) and NH₃.H₂O (5mL) and extracted with EtOAc (20 mL×3). The combined organic layers wereconcentrated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel(petroleum ether/EtOAc=3/1) to give the crude product (460 mg, 100%) asa yellow oil.

LCMS [column: C₁₈, column size: 4.6×30 mm 5 μm; Dikwa Diamonsil plus;mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A (0.02% NH₄Ac+5% CH₃CN in water); gradient (B%) in 4 mins. 05-95-POS; flow rate: 1.5 ml/min]: Rt=2.824 min; MSCalcd.: 478, MS Found: 479 [M+H]⁺.

Description 1071-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-inda-zole(D107)

A solution of tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D106, 460 mg, 0.960 mmol) in DCM (5 mL) and TFA (5 mL) was stirred atroom temperature for 1 hour, concentrated, diluted with H₂O (10 mL) andbasified with sat. NaHCO₃ to pH=8˜9 and filtered. The filtered cake wasdried to give the title product (350 mg, 96.0%) as a yellow solid.

LCMS [column: C₁₈; column size: 4.6×30 mm 5 μm; Dikwa Diamonsil plus;mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A (0.02% NH₄Ac+5% CH₃CN in water); gradient (B%) in 4 mins. 05-95-POS; flow rate: 1.5 ml/min]: Rt=1.880 min; MSCalcd.: 378, MS Found: 379 [M+H]⁺.

Description 108 (R)-tertbutyl4-(1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D108)

A mixture of(R)-(4-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol (D116, 335mg, 1.00 mmol), tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D52, 315 mg, 1.00mmol), CuI (38.0 mg, 0.200 mmol), K₃PO₄ (424 mg, 2.00 mmol) andN,N′-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine (56.0 mg, 0.400 mmol) in toluene (3mL) was stirred at 100° C. for 4 hours, diluted with EtOAc (30 mL),washed with NH₃H₂O (15 mL×3), dried over Na₂SO₄, filtered andconcentrated. The crude was purified by flash chromatography (petroleumether/EtOAc=1:1) to give the title product (420 mg, 80.0%) as a whitesolid.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.75 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.95(s, 1H), 4.38-4.25 (m, 5H), 4.15-4.05 (m, 2H), 3.81-3.65 (m, 5H),3.15-3.11 (m, 1H), 3.08-2.83 (m, 5H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.47 (s, 3H), 1.51(s, 10H).

Description 109(R)-(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)mo-rpholin-2-yl)methanol(D109)

To a solution of (R)-tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyri-midin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D108, 420 mg, 0.800 mmol) in MeOH (2 mL) was added HCl/MeOH (2 M, 1mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours,concentrated, dissolved in MeOH (10 mL) and treated with Amberst. Themixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and filtered. Thefiltrate was concentrated to give the title product (327 mg, 96%) as awhite solid.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆): δ 8.75 (s, 1H), 8.34 (s, 1H), 7.65 (s, 1H),6.99 (s, 1H), 4.89 (s, 1H), 4.36-4.27 (m, 2H), 3.98-3.94 (m, 1H),3.40-3.56 (m, 9H), 3.34-2.97 (m, 6H), 2.83-2.74 (m, 1H), 2.59 (s, 3H),2.46 (s, 3H).

Description 110 1-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol (D110)

A mixture of 4,6-diiodo-2-methoxypyrimidine (2.00 g, 5.52 mmol),azetidin-3-ol (665 mg, 6.07 mmol) and TEA (1.67 g, 16.6 mmol) in i-PrOH(10 mL) was stirred at 50° C. for 5 hours, diluted with H₂O (20 mL) andextracted with EtOAc (30 mL×2). The combined organic layers wereconcentrated and purified by silica gel chromatography column (petroleumether/EtOAc=4/1 to 1/1) to give the title product (1.57 g, 93.0%) as ayellow solid

¹HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): 6.32 (s, 1H), 4.80 (br s, 1H), 3.97-3.92 (m,4H), 3.89 (s, 3H), 2.68 (s, 1H).

Description 111 tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D111)

A mixture of tert-butyl4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D52, 500 mg, 1.59mmol), 1-(6-iodo-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol (D110, 537 mg,1.75 mmol), N,N′-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine (114 mg, 0.800 mmol),CuI (61.0 mg, 0.320 mmol) and K₃PO₄ (674 mg, 3.18 mmol) in toluene (4mL) was stirred at 100° C. for 3 hours, diluted with EtOAc (60 mL) andwashed with NH₃.H₂O (20 mL) and brine (20 mL). The organic layer wasconcentrated and purified by silica gel chromatography column (petroleumether/EtOAc=2/1 to 1/1) to give the title product (445 mg, 58.0%) as ayellow oil.

¹H-NMR (CDCl₃, 400 MHz): δ 8.71 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.52 (s, 1H),6.47 (s, 1H), 4.82 (br s, 1H), 4.43-4.26 (m, 4H), 4.26-3.92 (m, 5H),3.01-2.82 (m, 3H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.45-2.39 (m, 1H), 1.88-1.85 (m, 2H),1.71-1.60 (m, 2H), 1.49 (s, 9H).

Description 1121-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azet-idin-3-ol(D112)

To a solution of tert-butyl4-(1-(6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate(D111, 350 mg, 0.710 mmol) in DCM (4 mL) was added TFA (1 mL). Thereaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. adjustedto pH=9˜10 with Sat.NaHCO₃, diluted with H₂O (10 mL) and extracted withDCM (30 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over Na₂SO₄,filtered and concentrated to give the title compound (270 mg, 97%) as ayellow oil.

LCMS [column: C₁₈; column size: 4.6×30 mm 5 μm; Dikwa Diamonsil plus;mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A (0.02% NH₄Ac+5% CH₃CN in water); gradient (B%) in 4 mins. 10-95-POS; flow rate: 1.5 ml/min]: Rt=1.479 min; MSCalcd.: 394, MS Found: 395 [M+H]⁺.

Description 113(S)-(4-(6-Iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol (D113)

To a solution of (S)-morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride (430 mg crude,2.80 mmol) in CH₃OH (5 mL) was added 4,6-diiodo-2-methylpyrimidine (1.10g, 3.10 mmol) and TEA (850 mg, 8.40 mmol). The resulting mixture waswarmed to 60° C. for 2 hrs. TLC showed the reaction was completed. Thereaction mixture was diluted with water (20 mL) and extracted EtOAc (20mL×2). The combined organic layers were concentrated. The crude waspurified by gel silico column (PE:EtOAc=5:1) to give the title compound(760 mg, yield 81%) as a white solid.

1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 6.79 (s, 1H), 4.18-4.01 (m, 3H), 3.79-3.58(m, 4H), 3.08-2.99 (m, 1H), 2.92-2.84 (m, 1H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 1.97-1.90(m, 1H).

Description 1145-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazole(D114)

To a suspension of 5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole (D51, 10.0 g,46.5 mmol) and DHP (7.80 g, 93.0 mmol) in THF (200 mL) was added p-TsOH(884 mg, 4.70 mmol) in one portion. The reaction mixture was thenstirred at 60° C. overnight. Then the reaction mixture was concentrated,re-dissolved in DCM (1.5 L), washed with sat. NaHCO₃ and brine, driedover Na₂SO₄, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified bychromatography (MeOH/DCM=1/15) to give the product as a brown solid.(6.70 g, 48.0% yield)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=1.108min; MS Calcd.: 299.20, MS Found: 300.4 [M+H]⁺.

Description 115 (R)-Morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride (D115)

To a solution of (R)-tert-butyl2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholine-4-carboxylate (500 mg, 2.30 mmol) was addedHCl/dioxane (4 M, 10 mL) and stirred for 1 h at rt. TLC showed that thereaction was completed. The reaction was concentrated to give the titlecompound (420 mg, yield >100%) as a white solid.

1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 9.67 (s, 1H), 9.38 (s, 1H), 3.94-3.88 (m,1H), 3.77-3.67 (m, 2H), 3.45-3.33 (m, 2H), 3.13 (t, J=12.6 Hz, 2H),2.95-2.87 (m, 1H), 2.78-2.67 (m, 1H).

Description 116(R)-(4-(6-Iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol (D116)

To a solution of (R)-morpholin-2-ylmethanol hydrochloride (423 mg crude,2.30 mmol) in CH₃OH (10 mL) was added 4,6-diiodo-2-methylpyrimidine (954mg, 2.75 mmol) and TEA (835 mg, 8.25 mmol). The resulting mixture waswarmed to 70° C. and stirred for 2 hrs. LCMS showed that the reactionwas completed. The reaction mixture was concentrated to remove solvent,poured into water (40 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (40 mL×2). Thecombined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄ andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column (PE:EA=2:1) to give thetitle compound (639 mg, yield 83%) as a white solid.

1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 6.79 (s, 1H), 4.22-4.01 (m, 3H), 3.79-3.56(m, 4H), 3.08-2.98 (m, 1H), 2.88-2.84 (m, 1H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.09-2.04(m, 1H).

Description 117 tert-butyl6-(1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-chloro-1H-indazole-1-carboxy-late(D117)

To a solution of 5-chloro-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole (D82, 2.00 g,8.49 mmol) and triethylamine (1.72 g, 17.0 mmol) in CH₂Cl₂ (30 mL) wasadded (Boc)₂O (2.03 g, 9.33 mmol) at rt. The reaction mixture wasstirred at rt for 3 h. LC-MS showed the reaction was completed. Thereaction mixture was concentrated to dryness and the residue waspurified by silica gel chromatography eluted with PE:EtOAc=5:1 to affordthe title product as a white solid (1.50 g, yield: 40.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=2.07min; MS Calcd: 457.8, MS Found: 458.2 [M+H]⁺.

Description 118 tert-butyl4-(5-chloro-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (D118)

To a solution of tert-butyl6-(1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-chloro-1H-indazole-1-carboxylate(D117, 600 mg, 1.38 mmol) in MeOH (40 mL) was added aq. NaOH (1 M, 40mL) at rt. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. LC-MSshowed the reaction was completed. The reaction mixture was extractedwith CH₂Cl₂ (2×50 mL). The combined organics were washed with brine (50mL), dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and filtered. The filtrate wasconcentrated to dryness and the residue was purified by silica gelchromatography eluted with PE:EtOAc (1:1) to afford the title product asa white solid (400 mg, yield: 86.0%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=1.57min; MS Calcd: 335.8, MS Found: 336.1 [M+H]⁺.

Example 12-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-morpholinopyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer 1)

To a solution of ethyl2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-morpholinopyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate(D27, 90 mg, 0.18 mmol) in THF (2 mL) was added LiAlH₄ (33 mg, 0.88mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at RT for 30 min, then quenchedwith EtOAc and sat. NH₄Cl solution, filtered and concentrated. Thepurification by C₁₈ flash column (acetonitrile: water=5:95-90:10) togive the title product as a white solid (36 mg, yield: 44%).

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.84 (s, 1H), 4.92 (td, J=9.2, 4.8 Hz, 0.5H), 4.80 (td, J=10.0, 4.8 Hz,0.5H), 4.11 (s, 3H), 3.81˜3.67 (m, 10H), 3.42˜3.39 (m, 1H), 3.18˜3.09(m, 1H), 3.03 (d, J=10.0 Hz, 1H), 2.74˜2.66 (m, 2H), 2.59˜2.55 (m, 1H),2.49 (s, 3H), 2.37 (td, J=10.4, 4.4 Hz, 1H), 2.26 (t, J=12.0 Hz, 1H),2.00˜1.96 (m, 1H), 1.90˜1.80 (m, 1H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9 min, purity 97.59%]:Rt=3.56 min; MS Calcd: 470.2, MS Found: 471.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC (Column: AD Column size: 3×100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC).Injection: 10 μl, Mobile phase: CO₂/MeOH/DEA=80/20/0.02, Flow rate: 1.8ml/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C.): Rt=2.653 min, ee:100%

Example 22-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-morpholinopyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer 2)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for E1 starting from LiAlH₄ and a solution of ethyl2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-morpholinop-yrimidin-4-yl)5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate in THF.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.85 (s, 1H), 4.92˜4.86 (m, 0.5H), 4.80 (m, 0.5H), 4.11 (s, 3H),3.81˜3.67 (m, 10H), 3.42˜3.38 (m, 1H), 3.17˜3.08 (m, 1H), 3.03 (d,J=12.0 Hz, 1H), 2.73˜2.66 (m, 2H), 2.58˜2.55 (m, 1H), 2.49 (s, 3H),2.37˜2.31 (m, 1H), 2.29˜2.23 (m, 1H), 2.01˜1.95 (m, 1H), 1.90˜1.82 (m,1H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9 min, purity 98.79%]:Rt=3.60 min; MS Calcd: 470.2, MS Found: 471.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC [Column: AD Column size: 3×100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC).Injection: 10 μl, Mobile phase: CO₂/MeOH/DEA=80/20/0.02, Flow rate: 1.8ml/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C.]: Rt=3.174 min, ee:100%

Example 3cis-2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer 1)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for E1 starting from a mixture of Ethylcis-2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate (D18) indried THF, LiAlH₄.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.81 (s, 1H), 4.88˜4.76 (m, 1H), 4.46 (s, 1H), 4.10 (s, 3H), 4.02˜3.99(d, J=12 Hz, 1H), 3.77˜3.68 (m, 4H), 3.58˜3.56 (m, 1H), 3.42˜3.33 (m,2H), 3.05˜3.03 (m, 1H), 3.02˜2.99 (m, 1H), 2.69 (s, 2H), 2.56 (s, 1H),2.48 (s, 3H), 2.02˜1.98 (m, 2H), 2.34˜2.26 (m, 2H), 2.00˜1.98 (m, 1H),1.86˜1.82 (m, 1H), 1.35˜1.33 (d, J=8 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376.5 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min]: Rt=3.96 min; MSCalcd.: 484.6, MS Found: 485.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC [AD 3.0×100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC), Phase:CO₂/MeOH/DEA=85/15/0.15, flowrate: 2 mL/min, temperature: 35° C.]:Rt=1.235 min, 96.3% ee.

Example 4cis-2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer 2)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for E1 starting from2-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-((R)-3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetate (D21).

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H), 6.8(s, 1H), 4.89˜4.76 (m, 1H), 4.46 (s, 1H), 4.10 (s, 3H), 4.02˜3.98 (d,J=16.0 Hz, 1H), 3.80˜3.74 (m, 4H), 3.68˜3.62 (m, 1H), 3.42˜3.39 (m, 2H),3.145˜3.08 (m, 1H), 3.02˜2.99 (m, 1H), 2.71˜2.68 (m, 2H), 2.57 (s, 1H),2.48 (s, 3H), 2.36˜2.25 (m, 2H), 2.23˜2.00 (m, 1H), 1.97˜1.89 (m, 2H),1.35˜1.33 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376.5 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min]: Rt=4.10 min; MSCalcd.: 484.6, MS Found: 485.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC [AD 3.0×100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC), Phase:CO₂/MeOH/DEA=85/15/0.15, flowrate: 2 mL/min, temperature: 35° C.]:Rt=1.381 min, 98.1% ee.

Examples 5-12

Example 5 to 32 were prepared using a similar procedure of thosedescribed for E1.

Entried Structures Analytical data E5

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.91 (s, 1H), 4.93~4.86 (m, 0.5H), 4.80~4.73 (m, 0.5 H), 4.47~4.43 (m,1H), 4.11(s,3H), 4.11~4.07 (m, 1H), 4.03 (dd, J = 11.6, 3.6 Hz, 1H),3.81~3.71 (m, 4H), 3.62 (td, J = 12.0, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 3.42~3.39 (m, 1H),3.37 (td, J = 13.6, 4.4 Hz, 1H), 3.18~3.10 (m, 1H), 3.03~2.98 (m, 1H),2.72~2.68 (m, 2H), 2.58 (br, 1H), 2.49 (s, 3H), 2.37 (td, J = 10.4, 3.6Hz, 1H), 2.30 (td, J = 11.2, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 2.01~1.79 (m, 2H), 1.35 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 3H), ¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.93 (s) LC-MS*: purity 100%,Rt = 4.01 min; MS Calcd: 484.3 MS Found: 485.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC**:Rt = 2.443 min, ee: 99.16% E6

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.11 (s, 1H), 4.92~4.86 (m, 0.5H), 4.80~4.74 (m, 0.5 H), 4.47~4.43 (m,1H), 4.11(s,3H), 4.11~4.07 (m, 1H), 4.03 (dd, J = 11.6, 3.6 Hz, 1H),3.81~3.71 (m, 4H), 3.62 (td, J = 12.4, 3.2 Hz, 1H), 3.42~3.39 (m, 1H),3.37 (td, J = 12.8, 3.6 Hz, 1H), 3.18~3.10 (m, 1H), 3.03~2.98 (m, 1H),2.72~2.68 (m, 2H), 2.58 (br, 1H), 2.49 (s, 3H), 2.37 (td, J = 10.0, 4.0Hz, 1H), 2.30 (td, J = 12.4, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 2.01~1.79 (m, 2H), 1.35 (d, J= 6.8 Hz, 3H), ¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s) LC-MS: Rt = 3.69min; MS Calcd: 484.3, MS Found: 485.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC: Rt = 3.143min, ee: 98.42% E7

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.92 (s, 1H), 8.09 (s, 1H), 7.55 (s, 1H),6.97 (s, 1H), 4.96~4.82 (m, 1H), 3.84~3.72 (m, 10H), 3.48~3.44 (m, 1H),3.17~3.04 (m, 2H), 2.75~2.69 (m, 2H), 2.64 (s, 3H), 2.50 (s, 3H),2.40~2.26 (m, 2H), 2.00~1.86 (m, 2H). ¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.90(s) LC-MS***: Rt = 5.20 min; MS Calcd: 454, MS Found: 455.3 [M + H]⁺.Chiral HPLC****: Rt = 7.075 min, ee: 100% E8

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.95 (s. 1H), 4.95~4.80 (m, 1H), 3.82~3.71 (m, 10H), 3.49~3.43 (m, 1H),3.12~2.99 (m, 2H), 2.72~2.71 (m, 2H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.49 (s, 3H),2.38~2.21 (m, 2H), 2.00~1.86 (m, 2H). ¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.90(s) LC-MS: mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1%FA) to 5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH3CN (0.1% FA) in 9 min, purity 100%,Rt = 3.25 min; MS Calcd: 454, MS Found: 455.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC UPC,Column: AD, 5 μm 0.46 cm I.D. × 25 cm L(Daicel). Injection: 3 μl Mobilephase: CO2/EtOH/ACN/DEA 75/21/9/0.025, Flow rate: 3 mL/min, Wave length:UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C., Rt = 5.365 min, ee: 100% E9

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.91 (s, 1H), 4.94~4.91 (m, 1H), 4.48 (s, 1H), 4.16~4.13 (m, 1H),4.02~4.00 (m, 1H), 3.78~3.57 (m, 4H), 3.45~3.44 (m, 1H), 3.32~3.26 (m,1H), 3.12~3.11 (m, 1H), 3.05~3.03 (m, 1H), 2.71~2.61 (m, 2H), 2.48 (s,2H), 2.35 (s, 3H), 2.27 (s, 3H), 2.02~1.98 (m, 2H), 2.01~1.88 (m, 3H),1.35 (s, 3H). ¹⁹F NMR (376.5 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.90 (s). LC-MS [mobilephase: 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min]: Rt =3.88 min; MS Calcd.:468.5, MS Found: 469.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC: AD 4.6× 250 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC), Phase: CO₂/MeOH/ACN/DEA = 70/18/12/0.03,flow rate: 2.5 mL/min, temperature: 35° C., Rt = 2.987 min, 99.5% ee.E10

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.90 (s, 1H), 4.93~4.80 (m, 1H), 4.46 (s, 1H), 4.17~4.10 (m, 1H),3.78~3.70 (m, 4H), 3.62~3.56 (m, 1H), 3.45~3.42 (m, 1H), 3.32~3.26 (m,1H), 3.12~3.11 (m, 1H), 3.04~3.02 (m, 1H), 2.71~2.69 (m, 2H), 2.61 (s,3H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 2.36~2.24 (m, 3H), 1.97~1.88 (m, 2H), 1.33~1.31 (d, J= 8Hz, 3H). ¹⁹F NMR (376.5 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.90 (s). LC-MS [mobilephase: 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min]: Rt =3.93 min; MS Calcd.:468.5, MS Found: 469.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC [AD 4.6× 250 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC), Phase: CO2/MeOH/ACN/DEA = 70/18/12/0.03,flow rate: 2.5 mL/min, temperature: 35° C.]: Rt = 3.544 min, 94.94% ee.E11

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.91 (s, 1H), 4.97~4.90 (m, 0.5H), 4.85~4.79 (m, 0.5 H), 4.47~4.45 (m,1H), 4.19~4.14 (m, 1H), 4.04~4.00 (m, 1H), 3.81~3.71 (m, 4H), 3.63 (td,J= 11.6, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 3.46~3.43 (m, 1H), 3.33 (td, J = 12.8, 3.6 Hz,1H), 3.18~3.03 (m, 2H), 2.73~2.72 (m, 2H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.49 (s, 3H),2.38~2.25 (m, 2H), 1.98~1.86 (m, 2H), 1.33 (d, J = 6.8 Hz, 3H), ¹⁹F NMR(376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s) LC-MS*: Rt = 4.02 min; MS Calcd: 468.3,MS Found: 469.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC [Column: AD Column size: 4.6 × 250mm, 5 μm (Daicel) (UPC). Injection: 10 μl Mobile phase: CO₂/MeOH/ACN/DEA= 75/15/10/0.025, Flow rate: 2.5 ml/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm,Temperature: 35° C.]: Rt = 4.510 min, ee: 100% E12

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.90 (s, 1H), 4.93~4.80 (m, 1H), 4.46 (s, 1H), 4.17~4.10 (m, 1H),3.78~3.70 (m, 4H), 3.62~3.56 (m, 1H), 3.45~3.42 (m, 1H), 3.32~3.26 (m,1H), 3.12~3.11 (m, 1H), 3.04~3.02 (m, 1H), 2.71~2.69 (m, 2H), 2.61 (s,3H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 2.36~2.24 (m, 3H), 1.97~1.88 (m, 2H), 1.33~1.31 (d, J= 8Hz, 3H). ¹⁹F NMR (376.5 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.90 (s). LC-MS [mobilephase: 80% water (0.1% FA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0 min]: Rt =3.93 min; MS Calcd.:468.5, MS Found: 469.3 [M + H]⁺. Chiral HPLC [AD 4.6× 250 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC), Phase: CO₂/MeOH/ACN/DEA = 70/18/12/0.03,flow rate: 2.5 mL/min, temperature: 35° C.]: Rt = 3.544 min, 94.94% ee.*mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to 5%water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9 min, **Chiral method:Column: AD Column size: 3 × 100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel) (UPC). Injection: 10μl Mobile phase: CO/MeOH/DEA = 80/20/0.02, Flow rate: 1.8 ml/min, Wavelength: UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C., ***mobile phase: from 50% water(0.1% NH₃OH) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% NH₃OH) to 5% water (0.1% NH₃OH) and 95%CH₃CN (0.1% NH₃OH) in 9 min. ****UPC, Column: AD, 5 μm, 0.46 cm I.D. ×25 cm L. Injection: 3 μl Mobile phase: CO₂/EtOH/ACN/DEA 75/21/9/0.025,Flow rate: 3 mL/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C.,

Examples 13 to 161-(4-(6-(6-(1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer 1; Single Unknown Isomer 2; Single Unknown Isomer3; Single Unknown Isomer 4)

To a solution of1-(4-(6-(6-(1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)ethanone(257 mg, 0.520 mmol) in MeOH (30 mL) was added NaBH₄ (39.0 mg, 1.04mmol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 3 h. LCMSshowed reaction was completed. The reaction mixture was diluted withCH₂Cl₂ (20 mL) and H₂O (20 mL). The separated aqueous layer wasextracted with CH₂Cl₂ (2×30 mL) and the combined organic layers werewashed with water, brine, dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄, filtered andconcentrated to give the crude product as a white solid (254 mg, yield:98%).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% FA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.79 min; MSCalcd: 498.6, MS Found: 499.2 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral Separation: Method:

Column: AD-H; Column size: 0.46 cm I.D.×15 cm L; Injection: 2 ul; Mobilephase:CO₂:EtOH (0.05% NH₃.H₂O)=60:40; Flow rate: 0.5 ml; Wave length: UV254 nm; Temperature: 25° C.; Sample solution in EtOH

Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.74 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.85(s, 1H), 4.70˜4.68 (m, 1H), 4.58˜4.56 (m, 1H), 4.37˜4.24 (m, 2H), 4.14(s, 3H), 4.02˜4.01 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 3.95˜3.94 (m, 1H), 3.69˜3.68 (m,1H), 3.47˜3.42 (m, 1H), 3.15˜3.01 (m, 4H), 2.85˜2.74 (m, 3H), 2.46 (s,3H), 2.32˜2.25 (m, 2H), 2.10 (s, 1H), 1.92˜1.90 (m, 4H), 1.30˜1.28 (d,J=8.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 217.725 (s).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% FA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10 min]: Purity 100%;Rt=4.66 min; MS Calcd: 498.6, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.74 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.85(s, 1H), 4.70˜4.68 (m, 1H), 4.59˜4.56 (m, 1H), 4.37˜4.26 (m, 2H), 4.14(s, 3H), 4.05˜4.02 (d, J=12.0 Hz, 1H), 3.97˜3.93 (m, 1H), 3.72˜3.66 (m,1H), 3.46˜3.43 (m, 1H), 3.16˜3.02 (m, 4H), 2.83˜2.75 (m, 3H), 2.46 (s,3H), 2.32˜2.26 (m, 2H), 2.10 (s, 1H), 1.92˜1.90 (m, 4H), 1.30˜1.28 (d,J=8.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ217.711 (s).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% FA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10 min]: Purity 98.59%;Rt=4.65 min; MS Calcd: 498.6, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Single Unknown Isomer 3

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.75 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.84(s, 1H), 4.70˜4.68 (m, 1H), 4.58˜4.56 (m, 1H), 4.34˜4.22 (m, 2H), 4.14(s, 3H), 4.08˜4.06 (m, 1H), 3.79˜3.76 (m, 1H), 3.70˜3.65 (m, 1H),3.36˜3.32 (m, 1H), 3.16˜3.09 (m, 3H), 2.94˜2.74 (m, 4H), 2.46 (s, 4H),2.32˜2.26 (m, 2H), 1.92˜1.90 (m, 4H), 1.30˜1.28 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃):δ217.711 (s).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% FA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10 min]: Purity 97.14%;Rt=4.55 min; MS Calcd: 498.6, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Single Unknown Isomer 4

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.75 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.84(s, 1H), 4.70˜4.67 (m, 1H), 4.58˜4.56 (m, 1H), 4.34˜4.22 (m, 2H), 4.14(s, 3H), 4.09˜4.06 (m, 1H), 3.79˜3.76 (m, 1H), 3.71˜3.64 (m, 1H),3.36˜3.31 (m, 1H), 3.16˜3.08 (m, 3H), 2.83˜2.74 (m, 4H), 2.46 (s, 4H),2.32˜2.26 (m, 2H), 1.92˜1.90 (m, 4H), 1.29˜1.28 (d, J=4.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃):δ217.732 (s).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% FA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10 min]: Purity 98.59%;Rt=4.52 min; MS Calcd: 498.6, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Example 171-(6-(6-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol(Single Cis Isomer 1)

To a solution of6-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D62: 40 mg, 0.08 mmol) in DCM (6 mL) was added TFA (1 mL) at 0° C. Thereaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred overnight.The solvent and TFA was removed under vacuum and purified by pre-HPLC togive the title product (8.5 mg, yield 25.3%) as an ivory solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.52 (s, 1H),6.60 (s, 1H), 4.84 (m, 2H), 4.69-4.71 (t, J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 4.57-4.59 (t,J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 4.40-4.44 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 4.00-4.02 (m, 1H), 3.44-3.48(m, 1H), 3.05-3.07 (d, 2H), 2.83-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.64 (s, 1H), 2.48 (s,1H), 2.30-2.37 (m, 2H), 1.93-1.95 (m, 2H). ¹⁹F NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ−181.7 (s, 1F), −216.8 (s, 1F).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 10 min, purity95.9%]: Rt=5.15 min; MS Calcd.: 442.23, MS Found: 443.7 [M+H]⁺.

Example 18

1-(6-(6-((3S,4R)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-1-yl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol(Single Cis Enatiomer 2)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to thosedescribed for E17 starting from a solution of6-((3R,4S)-3-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)azetidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D63) in DCM and TFA.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.52 (s, 1H),6.60 (s, 1H), 4.83-4.84 (m, 2H), 4.70 (m, 1H), 4.58 (m, 1H), 4.40-4.44(t, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 3.99-4.02 (m, 1H), 3.44-3.48 (m, 1H), 3.05-3.07 (d,2H), 2.83-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.64 (s, 1H), 2.48 (s, 1H), 2.30-2.37 (m, 2H),1.93-1.95 (m, 2H).

¹⁹F NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ −181.789 (s, 1F), −216.896 (d, J=6.0 Hz,1F).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 10 min, purity 100%]:Rt=2.62 min; MS Calcd.: 442.23, MS Found: 443.7 [M+H]⁺.

Example 19(R)-2-(4-(5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to the describedfor E1 starting from a solution of (R)-ethyl2-(4-(5-methyl-1-(2-methyl-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimi-din-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetatein dry THF and LiAlH₄.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.81 (s, 1H), 8.04 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H),6.90 (s, 1H), 4.47˜4.46 (m, 1H), 4.16˜4.13 (d, J=13.2 Hz, 1H), 4.02˜3.99(m, 1H), 3.81˜3.73 (m, 2H), 3.68 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 2H), 3.63 (td, J=12.0,2.8 Hz, 1H), 3.32 (td, J=12.8, 3.6 Hz, 1H), 3.14 (d, J=11.6 Hz, 2H),2.88˜2.84 (m, 2H), 2.65˜2.64 (m, 1H), 2.63 (s, 3H), 2.46 (s, 3H),2.29˜2.27 (m, 2H), 1.93˜1.72 (m, 4H), 1.33 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: 70% water (0.1% FA) and 30% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10.0min]: Rt=4.12 min; MS Calcd.: 450.6, MS Found: 451.4 [M+H]⁺.

Example 20(R)-2-(4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to the describedfor E1 starting from LiAlH₄ and a solution of (R)-ethyl2-(4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmor-pholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetateinTHF.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.77 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H),7.81 (s, 1H), 4.47 (br, 1H), 4.14 (s, 3H), 4.14˜4.07 (m, 1H), 4.02˜3.99(m, 1H), 3.78˜3.73 (m, 2HO, 3.68˜3.64 (m, 2H), 3.61˜3.55 (m, 1H),3.37˜3.29 (m, 1H), 3.10 (d, J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 2.86 (m, 1H), 2.64˜2.60 (m,2H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.28˜2.26 (m, 2H), 1.90˜1.82 (m, 4H), 1.34 (d, J=6.8Hz, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 10 min, purity 96.9%]:Rt=4.85 min; MS Calcd: 466.6, MS Found: 467.4 [M+H]⁺.

Example 21(S)-2-(4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)ethanol

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to the describedfor E1 starting from a solution of (S)-ethyl2-(4-(1-(2-methoxy-6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)acetatein THF and LiAlH₄.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.77 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H),6.81 (s, 1H), 4.47˜4.45 (m, 1H), 4.14 (s, 3H), 4.11 (d, J=13.6 Hz, 1H),4.02 (dd, J=11.2, 3.2 Hz, 1H), 3.81˜3.71 (m, 2H), 3.65 (t, J=5.2 Hz,2H), 3.62 (td, J=12.0, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 3.36 (td, J=13.2, 4.0 Hz, 1H), 3.11(d, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 2.89˜2.83 (m, 1H), 2.61 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 2H), 2.46 (s,3H), 2.30˜2.24 (m, 2H), 1.93˜1.72 (m, 4H), 1.35 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% FA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) to5% water (0.1% FA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% FA) in 9 min, purity 98.9%]:Rt=4.96 min; MS Calcd: 466.3, MS Found: 467.4 [M+H]⁺.

Example 222-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer, Rt=3.381 Min)

To a solution of ethyl2-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)acetate(D76, 49 mg, 0.10 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was added LiAlH₄ (19 mg, 0.51mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 60 min., quenched withEtOAc and sat. NH₄Cl and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated andpurified by C₁₈ flash column (acetonitrile:water=5:95˜95:5) to give thetitle product (18.0 mg, yield: 40.0%) as a white solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.89 (s, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.43 (s, 1H), 4.90 (td, J=9.6, 4.4 Hz, 0.5H), 4.78 (td, J=9.6, 4.4 Hz,0.5H), 4.18 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 4H), 4.11 (s, 3H), 3.68 (s, 2H), 3.41˜3.38 (m,1H), 3.18˜3.08 (m, 1H), 3.02 (d, J=11.6 Hz, 1H), 2.73˜2.64 (m, 2H),2.54˜2.51 (m, 1H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 2.48˜2.39 (m, 2H), 2.37 (td, J=10.0,4.4 Hz, 1H), 2.29 (td, J=11.6, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 2.02˜1.96 (m, 1H), 1.88˜1.77(m, 1H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% T FA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9 min]: Rt=4.02 min;MS Calcd: 440.2, MS Found: 441.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC [method: Column: AD Column size: 3×100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel)(UPC). Injection: 10 μl, Mobile phase: CO₂/MeOH/DEA=80/20/0.02, Flowrate: 1.8 ml/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C.]: Rt=3.381min, ee: 99.92%

Example 232-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)ethanol(Single Unknown Isomer, Rt=3.381 Min)

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor E22 starting from LiAlH₄ and a solution of ethyl2-(4-(1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-3-fluoropiperidin-1-yl)acetate(D79) in THF.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.89 (s, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H),6.44 (s, 1H), 4.90 (td, J=10.0, 4.4 Hz, 0.5H), 4.78 (td, J=10.0, 4.4 Hz,0.5H), 4.18 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 4H), 4.11 (s, 3H), 3.68 (s, 2H), 3.41˜3.38 (m,1H), 3.18˜3.09 (m, 1H), 3.02 (d, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 2.74˜2.64 (m, 2H),2.54˜2.51 (m, 1H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 2.48˜2.38 (m, 2H), 2.37 (td, J=10.4,4.0 Hz, 1H), 2.29 (td, J=12.0, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 2.00˜1.94 (m, 1H), 1.87˜1.78(m, 1H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.92 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9 min]: Rt=4.00 min;MS Calcd: 440.2, MS Found: 441.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC [method: Column: AD Column size: 3 mm×100 mm, 3 μm (Daicel)(UPC). Injection: 10 μl, Mobile phase: CO₂/MeOH/DEA=80/20/0.02, Flowrate: 1.8 ml/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm, Temperature: 35° C.]: Rt=4.868min, ee: 97.22%

Examples 24 and 251-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(Single Unknown Isomer 1, Rt=4.323 Min; Single Unknown Isomer 2,Rt=4.550 Min)

The mixture (D85) was chirally separated by SFC to give the belowisomers.

Chiral Separation:

Method: Column: AD-H; Column size: 0.46 cm×15 cm; Mobile phase: CO₂:IPA(0.1% NH₃:H₂O)=70:30; Flow rate: 0.5 ml; Wave length: UV 254 nm;Temperature: 25° C.; Sample in EtOH

Peak 1 (E24): Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.32˜4.28 (m, 2H), 4.08˜4.05 (m, 1H), 3.88 (s, 1H),3.78˜3.74 (m, 1H), 3.71˜3.68 (m, 3H), 3.23˜3.09 (m, 3H), 3.01˜2.92 (m,2H), 2.63 (s, 3H), 2.56˜2.50 (m, 1H), 2.41˜2.39 (m, 1H), 2.38˜2.34 (m,1H), 2.16˜2.13 (m, 1H), 2.04˜2.01 (m, 2H), 1.91˜1.75 (m, 3H), 1.18 (s,1H), 1.16 (s, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.77min; MS Calcd: 500.2, MS Found: 501.2 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.323 min, ee: 100%

Peak 2 (E25): Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.30 (s, 2H), 4.09˜4.05 (m, 1H), 3.89 (s, 1H), 3.78˜3.74(m, 1H), 3.71˜3.68 (m, 3H), 3.22˜3.11 (m, 3H), 2.98˜2.96 (m, 2H), 2.63(s, 3H), 2.52 (s, 1H), 2.38˜2.37 (m, 1H), 2.30 (s, 1H), 2.15 (s, 1H),2.04˜2.01 (m, 2H), 1.87˜1.78 (m, 3H), 1.17 (s, 1H), 1.16 (s, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.78min; MS Calcd: 500.2, MS Found: 501.2 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.550 min, ee: 98.1%

Examples 26 and 271-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(Single Unknown Isomer 1, Rt=4.203 Min; Single Unknown Isomer 2,Rt=4.413 Min)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thatdescribed for E24 and E25 starting from a solution of(S)-1-(4-(5-chloro-1-(6-(2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D86) in MeOH and NaBH₄ at 0° C. for 3 h.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.77min; MS Calcd: 500.2, MS Found: 501.2 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral Separation:

Method: Column: AD-H; Column size: 0.46 cm×15 cm Mobile phase: CO₂:IPA(0.1% NH₃.H₂O)=70:30; Flow rate: 0.5 ml; Wave length: UV 254 nm;Temperature: 25° C.; Sample in EtOH

Peak 1 (E26): Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.30 (s, 2H), 4.08˜4.05 (m, 1H), 3.89 (s, 1H), 3.80˜3.74(m, 1H), 3.71˜3.68 (m, 3H), 3.22˜3.11 (m, 3H), 3.00˜2.95 (m, 2H), 2.63(s, 3H), 2.52 (s, 1H), 2.40˜2.37 (m, 1H), 2.33˜2.30 (m, 1H), 2.15 (s,1H), 2.04˜2.01 (m, 2H), 1.88˜1.75 (m, 3H), 1.17 (s, 1H), 1.16 (s, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.78min; MS Calcd: 500.2, MS Found: 501.2 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.203 min, ee: 100%

Peak 2 (E27): Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H),6.95 (s, 1H), 4.30 (s, 2H), 4.08˜4.05 (m, 1H), 3.89 (s, 1H), 3.80˜3.74(m, 1H), 3.71˜3.67 (m, 3H), 3.22˜3.11 (m, 3H), 3.00˜2.95 (m, 2H), 2.63(s, 3H), 2.52 (s, 1H), 2.41˜2.37 (m, 1H), 2.33˜2.30 (m, 1H), 2.15 (s,1H), 2.04˜2.01 (m, 2H), 1.88˜1.75 (m, 3H), 1.17 (s, 1H), 1.16 (s, 3H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 50% water (0.1% TFA) and 50% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.6 min]: Rt=0.78min; MS Calcd: 500.2, MS Found: 501.2 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.413 min, ee: 99.7%

Examples 28 and 29Cis-1-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(Single Unknown Isomer 1, Rt=5.609 Min; Single Unknown Isomer 2,Rt=6.101 Min)

To a solution of1-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylp-yrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D90, 79 mg, 0.16 mmol, from peak 1) in MeOH (5 mL) was added NaBH₄ (12mg, 0.32 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h, quenchedwith water (0.5 mL) and diluted with DCM (30 mL). The separated organiclayer was dried, filtered and concentrated to give the title product asa white solid (82 mg, crude)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.24min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral Separation:

Method: AD-H, Column size: 0.46 cm×15 cm, Mobile phase: CO₂/ETOH (0.1%NH₃H₂O)=60/40, Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm,Temperature: 25° C.

Peak 1 (E28): Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.97˜4.79 (m, 1H), 4.31˜4.29 (m, 2H), 4.08˜4.05 (m, 1H),3.92 (br, 1H), 3.81˜3.67 (m, 4H), 3.40˜3.34 (m, 2H), 3.14˜3.11 (m, 3H),2.98˜2.91 (m, 1H), 2.61 (s, 3H), 2.62˜2.51 (m, 2H), 2.48 (s, 3H),2.39˜2.33 (m, 1H), 2.15˜2.07 (m, 1H), 2.01˜1.97 (m, 2H), 1.90˜1.81 (m,1H), 1.19 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.93 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.16min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=5.609 min, ee: 100%

Peak 2 (E29): Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.94˜4.76 (m, 1H), 4.33˜4.27 (m, 2H), 4.09˜4.05 (m, 1H),3.93˜3.88 (m, 1H), 3.79˜3.67 (m, 4H), 3.52˜3.49 (m, 1H), 3.33 (brs, 1H),3.15˜3.08 (m, 2H), 2.98˜2.91 (m, 2H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.50˜2.40 (m, 3H),2.48 (s, 3H), 2.23˜2.20 (m, 1H), 2.01˜1.95 (m, 3H), 1.19 (d, J=6.0 Hz,3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.93 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.17min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=6.101 min, ee: 99.22%

Examples 30 and 311-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(Single Unknown Isomer 1, Rt=4.967 Min; Single Unknown Isomer 2,Rt=5.706 Min)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thatdescribed for E28 and E29 starting from NaBH₄ and a solution of1-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((R)-2-(hydroxy-methyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)-propan-2-one(E95) in MeOH (5 mL) in one portion at rt for 1 hour.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.29min; MS Calcd.: 498.28, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral Separation:

Method: Column: AD-H; Column size: 0.46 cm×15 cm; Mobile phase: CO₂:EtOH(0.1% NH₃.H₂O)=60:40; Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min; Wave length: UV 254 nm;Temperature: 25° C.; Sample in EtOH

Peak 1 (E30): Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H), 6.96(s, 1H), 4.93˜4.72 (m, 1H), 4.33˜4.27 (m, 2H), 4.09˜4.05 (m, 1H),3.95˜3.90 (m, 1H), 3.80˜3.67 (m, 4H), 3.54˜3.48 (m, 1H), 3.33 (br, 1H),3.15˜3.11 (m, 2H), 2.95˜2.91 (m, 2H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.47 (s, 3H),2.51˜2.40 (m, 3H), 2.25˜2.18 (m, 1H), 1.98˜1.89 (m, 3H), 1.19 (d, J=6.0Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 183.93 (s, 1F),

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.17min; MS Calcd: 498.28, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.967 min, ee 100%;

Peak 2 (E31): Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.92 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H), 6.96(s, 1H), 4.98-4.86 (m, 1H), 4.33-4.28 (m, 2H), 4.08-4.05 (m, 1H), 3.96(br, 1H), 3.78-3.67 (m, 4H), 3.39-3.36 (m, 2H), 3.15-3.11 (m, 3H),2.97-2.91 (m, 1H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.47 (s, 3H), 2.60-2.37 (m, 3H), 2.16(br, 1H), 2.02-1.97 (m, 3H), 1.19 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 184.01 (s, 1F)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.18min; MS Calcd: 498.28, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=5.706 min, ee 98.48%;

Examples 32 and 33Cis-1-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(Single Unknown Isomer 1, Rt=4.930 Min; Single Unknown Isomer 2,Rt=5.263 Min)

To a solution of1-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyr-imidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D91, 110 mg, 0.220 mmol, from peak 1) in MeOH (5 mL) was added NaBH₄(42.0 mg, 1.10 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h,diluted with sat. NH₄Cl (60 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (60 mL×3). Thecombined organic layers were dried and filtered. The filtrate wasconcentrated to give the title product (100 mg, crude) as a white solid.

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 10.0 min]: Rt=4.46min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral Separation:

Method: AD-H, Column size: 0.46 cm×15 cm, Mobile phase: CO₂:EtOH (0.1%NH₃.H₂O)=60:40, Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm,Temperature: 25° C.

Peak 1 (E32): Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.94˜4.80 (m, 1H), 4.29˜4.27 (m, 2H), 4.06˜4.03 (m, 1H),3.91 (br, 1H), 3.77˜3.75 (m, 1H), 3.71˜3.67 (m, 3H), 3.34˜3.32 (m, 2H),3.14˜3.08 (m, 2H), 2.97˜2.95 (m, 1H), 2.84 (s, 1H), 2.61 (s, 3H),2.53˜2.50 (m, 1H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 2.39˜2.33 (m, 2H), 2.11˜2.09 (m, 1H),2.00˜1.98 (m, 2H), 1.97˜1.85 (m, 1H), 1.19˜1.18 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.391 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.33min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.930 min, ee: 100%

Peak 2 (E33): Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.95 (s, 1H), 4.92˜4.79 (m, 1H), 4.30˜4.27 (m, 2H), 4.06˜4.05 (m, 1H),3.92˜3.90 (m, 1H), 3.77˜3.72 (m, 1H), 3.69˜3.65 (m, 3H), 3.51˜3.50 (m,1H), 3.33˜3.31 (m, 1H), 3.15˜3.08 (m, 2H), 2.94˜2.91 (m, 2H), 2.61 (s,3H), 2.56 (s, 3H), 2.47˜2.40 (m, 2H), 2.22˜2.18 (s, 1H), 1.96˜1.94 (m,3H), 1.61˜1.58 (m, 1H), 1.20˜1.18 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.917 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.34min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=5.263 min, ee: 100%

Examples 34 and 35Cis-1-(3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(from Peak 2) (Single Unknown Isomer 1, Rt=4.861 Min; Single UnknownIsomer 2, Rt=5.947 Min)

The title compounds were prepared by a procedure similar to thatdescribed for E27 and E28 starting from NaBH₄ and a solution of1-(cis-3-fluoro-4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymeth-yl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-one(D96).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 2.0 min]: Rt=1.30min; MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral Separation:

Method: AD-H, Column size: 0.46 cm×15 cm, Mobile phase: CO₂:EtOH (0.1%NH₃.H₂O)=60:40, Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min, Wave length: UV 254 nm,Temperature: 25° C.

Peak 1 (E34): Single Unknown Isomer 1

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.90 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.95 (s, 1H), 4.90˜4.77 (m, 1H), 4.32˜4.29 (m, 2H), 4.07˜4.05 (m, 1H),3.92 (br, 1H), 3.79˜3.74 (m, 1H), 3.71˜3.67 (m, 3H), 3.52˜3.49 (m, 1H),3.32 (br, 1H), 3.13˜3.11 (m, 2H), 2.94˜2.91 (m, 2H), 2.61 (s, 3H), 2.50(s, 3H), 2.48˜2.40 (m, 2H), 2.18˜2.17 (m, 1H), 2.04 (br, 1H), 1.97˜1.94(m, 2H), 1.19˜1.18 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.913 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.33min, MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=4.861 min, ee: 100%

Peak 2 (E35): Single Unknown Isomer 2

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.91 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),6.95 (s, 1H), 4.97˜4.84 (m, 1H), 4.30˜4.28 (m, 2H), 4.09˜4.04 (m, 1H),3.93 (br, 1H), 3.74˜3.70 (m, 1H), 3.69˜3.67 (m, 3H), 3.39˜3.34 (m, 1H),3.14˜3.11 (m, 3H), 2.94˜2.90 (m, 1H), 2.84 (br, 1H), 2.62 (s, 3H),2.54˜2.50 (m, 2H), 2.41 (s, 3H), 2.37˜2.34 (m, 1H), 2.16 (s, 1H),2.16˜2.01 (m, 2H), 1.63˜1.62 (m, 1H), 1.20˜1.18 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 3H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 183.593 (s)

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 95% water (0.1% TFA) and 5% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=4.34min, MS Calcd.: 498.3, MS Found: 499.4 [M+H]⁺.

Chiral HPLC: Rt=5.947 min, ee: 100%

Example 361-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxypropyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol

To a solution of1-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol(D98, 330 mg, 0.870 mmol) in acetonitrile (4 mL) was added2-(trifluorom-ethyl)oxirane (489 mg, 4.40 mmol). The reaction mixturewas stirred at 30° C. overnight and concentrated. The crude was purifiedby flash chromatography (DCM/MeOH=20:1) to give the title product (200mg, 47%) as a white solid.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆): δ 8.74 (s, 1H), 8.30 (s, 1H), 7.61 (s, 1H),6.54 (s, 1H), 6.13 (d, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 5.79 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 1H), 4.63-4.61(m, 1H), 4.31-4.27 (m, 2H), 4.19 (s, 1H), 3.83-3.79 (m, 2H), 3.31 (s,9H), 3.10-3.07 (m, 2H), 2.33-2.21 (m, 2H), 1.83-1.67 (m, 4H).

LCMS [column: Waters X-bridge C18 5 um; column size: 4.6 mm×50 mm;mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A (0.02% NH₄Ac in water); gradient (B %) in 6mins]: Rt=2.966 min, MS Calcd.: 490, MS Found: 491 [M+H]⁺.

Example 371-fluoro-3-(4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol

To a suspension of1-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol(D100, 150 mg, 0.510 mmol),(S)-(4-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol (D113, 173mg, 0.510 mmol), CuI (98.0 mg, 0.510 mmol) and K₃PO₄ (219 mg, 1.03 mmol)in toluene (10 mL) was added N₁,N₂-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine (91.0 mg,1.03 mmol). The resulting mixture was degassed with N₂ three times,stirred at 80° C. for 2 h under N₂, diluted with EtOAc (30 mL), washedwith sat. NH₄Cl (30 mL×2) and brine (30 mL), dried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄and concentrated. The residue was purified by Prep-TLC (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=10:1) followed by C₁₈ eluted with MeCN/H₂O (from 5/95 to 95/5) togive the title product (60 mg, yield: 23%) as a white solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.80 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H),6.96 (s, 1H), 4.60˜4.57 (m, 0.5H), 4.49˜4.45 (m, 1H), 4.37˜4.27 (m,2.5H), 4.08˜3.95 (m, 2H), 3.77˜3.65 (m, 5H), 3.20˜2.82 (m, 5H), 2.64 (s,3H), 2.59˜2.49 (m, 3H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.23˜2.17 (m, 1H), 2.00˜1.81 (m,5H).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ −231.972

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 90% water (0.1% TFA) and 10% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9 min]: Rt=4.41 min;MS Calcd: 498.3, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Example 382-fluoro-3-(4-(1-(6-((S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)morpholino)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol

To a suspension of2-fluoro-3-(4-(5-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol(D100, 150 mg, 0.510 mmol),(S)-(4-(6-iodo-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol (D113, 173mg, 0.510 mmol), CuI (98.0 mg, 0.510 mmol) and K₃PO₄ (219 mg, 1.03 mmol)in toluene (10 mL) was added N₁,N₂-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine (91.0 mg,1.03 mmol). The resulting mixture was degassed with N₂ three times,stirred at 80° C. for 3 h under N₂, diluted with DCM (50 mL), washedwith sat. NH₄Cl (50 mL) and brine (50 mL). The organic solution wasdried over anhydrous Na₂SO₄ and concentrated. The residue was purifiedby silica gel chromatography (CH₂Cl₂:MeOH=10:1) followed by C18 elutedwith MeCN/H₂O (from 5/95 to 95/5) to give the title product (85.0 mg,yield: 33.0%) as a white solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.77 (s, 1H), 8.05 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H),6.95 (s, 1H), 4.83˜4.78 (m, 0.5H), 4.71˜4.66 (m, 0.5H), 4.32˜4.28 (m,2H), 4.08˜4.04 (m, 1H), 3.97˜3.95 (m, 1H), 3.92˜3.90 (m, 1H), 3.79˜3.65(m, 4H), 3.32˜3.29 (m, 1H), 3.18˜3.07 (m, 2H), 2.98˜2.82 (m, 4H), 2.64(s, 3H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 2.38˜2.29 (m, 2H), 1.94˜1.88 (m, 4).

¹⁹F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl₃): δ −190.88

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9 min]: Rt=3.50 min;MS Calcd: 498.3, MS Found: 499.3 [M+H]⁺.

Example 39(S)-(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol

To a mixture of(S)-(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimi-din-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol(D100, 120 mg, 0.284 mmol) and Na₂CO₃ (75.0 mg, 0.710 mmol) in THF (5mL) was added (methylsulfonyl)ethene (66.0 mg, 0.625 mmol). The reactionmixture was stirred at 65° C. for 3 hours, diluted with H₂O (20 mL) andextracted with EtOAc (20 mL×2). The combined organic layers wereconcentrated and purified by preparative TLC (DCM/MeOH=20/1) to give thetitle product (19.0 mg, 13.0%) as a yellow solid.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.79 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H), 6.95(s, 1H), 4.30 (t, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 4.09˜4.05 (m, 1H), 3.81˜3.77 (m, 1H),3.75˜3.65 (m, 3H), 3.22 (br s, 2H), 3.15˜3.08 (m, 6H), 2.98˜2.92 (m,3H), 2.86 (t, J=11.2 Hz, 1H), 2.60 (s, 3H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.28 (t,J=10.4 Hz, 2H), 1.98˜1.82 (m, 5H).

LC-MS [column: C18; column size: 4.6×50 mm; mobile phase: B (MeCN), A(0.02% NH₄Ac in water); gradient (B %)]: Rt=3.637 min, MS Calcd.: 528,MS Found: 529 [M+H]⁺.

Example 401-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)eth-yl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole

To a mixture of1-(6-(azetidin-1-yl)-2-methoxypyrimidin-4-yl)-5-methyl-6-(Piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazole(D112,150 mg, 0.40 mmol) and Na₂CO₃ (110 mg, 1.00 mmol) in THF (5 mL)was added (methylsulfonyl)ethene (93.0 mg, 0.880 mmol). The reactionmixture was stirred at 65° C. for 2 hours, diluted with H₂O (20 mL) andextracted with EtOAc (20 mL×2). The combined organic layers wereconcentrated, triturated with MeOH (5 mL) and filtered. The cake waspurified by preparative TLC (DCM/MeOH=20/1) to give the title product(27.0 mg, 14.0%) as a white solid.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.74 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.43(s, 1H), 4.17 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 4H), 4.09 (s, 3H), 3.20 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H),3.10-3.09 (m, 5H), 2.98-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.85 (t, J=11.2 Hz, 1H), 2.45-2.40(m, 5H), 2.25 (t, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 1.94-1.91 (m, 2H), 1.83-1.75 (m, 2H).

LC-MS [column: C₁₈; column size: 4.6×50 mm; mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A(0.02% NH₄Ac in water); gradient (B %)]: Rt=3.817 min, MS Calcd.: 484,MS Found: 485 [M+H]⁺.

Example 41(R)-(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indaz-ol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor E40 starting from a mixture of(R)-(4-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyri-midin-4-yl)morpholin-2-yl)methanol(D109), Na₂CO₃, (methylsulfonyl)ethene in THF at 65° C. for 3 hrs.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.79 (s, 1H), 8.06 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H), 6.59(s, 1H), 4.33-4.26 (m, 2H), 4.09-4.05 (m, 1H), 3.80-3.65 (m, 4H),3.23-3.19 (m, 2H), 3.14-3.11 (m, 6H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 3H), 2.89-2.83 (m,1H), 2.60 (s, 3H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 2.30-2.25 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.84 (m, 5H).

LCMS [column: Waters X-bridge C₁₈ 5 μm; column size: 4.6 mm×50 mm;mobile phase: B (CH₃CN), A (0.02% NH₄Ac in water); gradient (B %) in 6mins]: Rt=3.375 min, MS Calcd.: 528, MS Found: 529 [M+H]⁺.

Example 421-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol

The title compound was prepared by a procedure similar to that describedfor E40 starting from a solution of1-(2-methoxy-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimi-din-4-yl)azetidin-3-oland Na₂CO₃ in THF.

¹HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.73 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 6.47(s, 1H), 4.83 (br s, 1H), 4.43-4.39 (m, 2H), 4.09 (s, 3H), 4.03-3.99 (m,2H), 3.21-3.17 (m, 2H), 3.10-3.07 (m, 5H), 2.95-2.84 (m, 3H), 2.45 (s,3H), 2.29-2.21 (m, 3H), 1.94-1.76 (m, 4H).

LC-MS [column: C₁₈; column size: 4.6 mm×50 mm; mobile phase: B (CH₃CN),A (0.02% NH₄Ac in water); gradient (B %)]: Rt=3.531 min, MS Calcd.: 500,MS Found: 501 [M+H]⁺.

Example 431-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol

To a mixture 1-(2-methyl-6-(5-methyl-6-(piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl)azetidin-3-ol (D98,100 mg, 0.260 mmol) was in EtOH (5 mL)was added 1-bromo-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethane (35.0 mg, 0.310 mmol). Thereaction mixture was stirred at rt for 2 hrs and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by prep-HPLC eluted with CH₃CN/H₂O (0.1% TFA, from15/85 to 95/5) to give the title product as a white solid (18.0 mg,yield: 14.0%).

¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ 8.73 (s, 1H), 8.01 (s, 1H), 7.46 (s, 1H),6.53 (s, 1H), 5.58 (br, 1H), 4.75 (br, 1H), 4.39-4.34 (m, 2H), 3.96-3.95(m, 2H), 3.57-3.51 (m, 3H), 3.35-3.34 (m, 2H), 3.01 (s, 3H), 2.71 (br,1H), 2.56 (s, 3H), 2.40-2.37 (m, 4H), 2.16-2.13 (m, 2H), 2.04-2.00 (m,2H), 1.99-1.97 (m, 2H).

LC-MS [mobile phase: from 80% water (0.1% TFA) and 20% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA)to 5% water (0.1% TFA) and 95% CH₃CN (0.1% TFA) in 9.0 min]: Rt=2.56min, MS Calcd.: 484.6, MS Found: 485.3 [M+H]⁺.

F. Assays and Data

As stated above, the compounds of present invention are LRRK2 kinaseinhibitors, and may be useful in the treatment of diseases mediated byLRRK2. The biological activities and/or properties of the compounds ofpresent invention can be determined using any suitable assay, includingassays for determining the activity of a candidate compound as a LRRK2kinase inhibitor, as well as tissue and in vivo models.

1. Assays

a. Full Length G2019 Human LRRK2 Inhibition Mass Spectrometry Assay

This assay for Leucine Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) inhibition is basedon the direct measurement of the peptide ‘LRRKtide’ (LRRKtide:RLGRDKYKT*LRQIRQ and “*” refers to the site of phosphorylation) andphosphorylated ‘LRRKtide’ using a high throughput RapidFire massspectrometry assay. Inhibitors are compounds that reduce the conversionof LRRKtide to phospho-LRRKtide.

Human G2019 LRRK2 Plasmid Preparation

Primers used for PCR cloning:

-   -   pHTBV-F:SEQ ID No: 1    -   LRRK2 wt-F1:SEQ ID No: 2    -   LRRK2 wt-R1: SEQ ID No: 3    -   LRRK2 wt-F2: SEQ ID No: 4    -   LRRK2 wt-R2: SEQ ID No: 5    -   LRRK2 wt-F3:SEQ ID No: 6    -   pHTBV-R: SEQ ID No: 7

pHTBV1-N-Flag-hu LRRK2 was generated by PCR amplifying the full lengthLRRK2 sequence with N terminal Flag tag from pcDNA3.1(+)_Human_LRRK2(NCBI Reference Sequence: NP_940980.3) with the primers described above,and cloned into pHTBV1mcs3 vector between BamHI and KpnI sites.

The G2019 full length Flag-LRRK2 coding sequence is SEQ ID No: 8.

The translated amino acid sequence for human G2019 full length Nterminal flag tagged LRRK2 protein is SEQ ID No: 9.

Insect Cell Cultures

Sf9 insect cells (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.) weremaintained at 27° C. in SF 900 11 SFM in 500-ml shaker flasks(Erlenmeyer, Corning). The cells were maintained in exponential growthphase and subcultured twice per week. For larger volumes, cells weregrown in 2-liter shaker flasks (Erlenmeyer, Corning) while beingagitated with 120 rpm at 27° C. incubator shaker.

Generation of the BacMam Virus

To generate the recombinant BacMam virus, DH10Bac competent cells(10361-012, Invitrogen) were transformed by the genotypically normalhuman LRRK2 BacMam plasmid to generate the recombinant baculovirus DNA.The Sf9 insect cells were co-transfected with the mixture of recombinantbaculovirus DNA and cellfectin (10362-100, Invitrogen). After 4 h ofincubation at 27° C., the transfection media was replaced with Sf-900III SFM medium containing 5% HI FBS (Ser. No. 10/100,147, Invitrogen).The cells were further incubated for 4 days. The infected cell culturemedium containing the baculovirus (P0 virus stock) was collected andamplified by further infecting the 200 ml Sf9 cells via 200-300 ul P0.

Quantification of BacMam Viral Titre by BacPAKRapid Titer

The viral titre, measured as plaque forming unit (pfu)/ml was determinedusing BacPAK Papid Titer Kit (631406, Clontech) according to themanufacturer's protocol. The Sf9 cells seeded in 96-well plate with3×10⁵ cells per well were incubated with serial dilution of the viralstocks for 1 h at 27° C., 50 μl methyl cellulose overlay was added toeach well followed by 43-47 h incubation. The cells were then fixed in4% paraformaldehyde (PFA). After blocking the cells with diluted normalgoat serum, Mouse anti-gp64 antibody was added to the cells. After 30min incubation, the cells were washed with phosphate buffered salinecontaining 0.2% Triton-X100 (PBST) and incubated for another 30 min withgoat anti-mouse antibody/HRP conjugate. This was followed by blueperoxidase substrate which detects the single infected cells and foci ofinfected cells by their dark blue color.

Protein Expression & Purification

a) Expression of Flag Tagged Full Length G2019 Human LRRK2

HEK293 6E cells were incubated in a 37° C. incubator with a humidifiedatmosphere of 5% CO₂ on an orbital shaker rotating at 110 rpm. On theday of transduction, the cell viability was higher than 98% and the celldensity was in the range of 1×10⁶-1.5×10⁶ cells/ml. HEK293 6E cells werecentrifuged at 1,000 rpm for 10 min, and then the cells were resuspendedin fresh Freestyle 293 expression medium (Invitrogen:12338) with 0.1%F-68(Invitrogen:24040-032) but without antibiotics (G418) at density of1×10⁶ cells/ml. BacMam virus with Flag-hu LRRK2 (genotypically normal)gene was centrifuged at 40,000 g for 2 hours, then resuspended in freshFreestyle 293 expression medium. The resuspended virus was added intothe cells in at MOI of 10. The cells were incubated in a 37° C.incubator with a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO₂ in air on an orbitalshaker rotating at 110 rpm. Cultures were harvested at approximately 48hours post-transduction by centrifugation at 4,000 rpm for 20 min andpellets were frozen for purification.

b) Purification of Flag Tagged Full Length G2019 Human LRRK2

The cell pellet was resuspended in (20 mL/liter cell culture) lysisbuffer (50 mM TrisHCl pH7.5 at 4° C., 500 mM NaCl, 0.5 mM EDTA, 0.1%TritonX-100, 10% glycerol, freshly add 2 mM DTT), with proteaseinhibitors (Roche: 04693132001) and benzonase (Merck Millipore:70746-3CN) at recommended concentration suggested by suppliers. Thesuspended cells were lysed by sonication on ice for 30 min (2 secs on/4sec off, 20% amplitude), and centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 30 minutes at4° C. The supernatant was incubated with 1 mL per litre of cell cultureof anti-Flag magnetic beads (Sigma-Aldrich: M8823) at 4° C. for 3 hours,then the beads were washed by 5 mL (5 column volume) binding buffer (50mM Tris pH7.5@ 4 C, 500 mM NaCl, 0.5 mM EDTA, 0.1% TritonX-100, 10%glycerol, freshly add 2 mM DTT) for three times. The Flag tagged LRRK2proteins were eluted by Elution buffer (50 mM Tris pH7.5@ 4 C, 500 mMNaCl, 0.5 mM EDTA, 0.1% TritonX-100, 10% glycerol, freshly add 2 mM DTT,250 ug/ml Flag peptide (Sigma-Aldrich:F3290)) at 4° C. for 2 hours. Flagpeptide was removed by Zeba Spin Desalting Columns, 7K MWCO(Thermo-Fisher: 89893) and the buffer of eluted LRRK2 proteins wasexchanged into Storage Buffer (50 mM Tris pH7.5@4 C, 150 mM NaCl, 0.5 mMEDTA, 0.02% Triton X-100, 2 mM DTT and 50% Glycerol) using Amicon UltraCentrifugal Filter Units (100 kD) (Merck: UFC910096). Fractionscontaining LRRK2 proteins were pooled, aliquoted and stored at −80° C.Protein concentration was determined by Bradford protein assay, andprotein purity was analyzed by NuPAG Novex 4-12% Bis-Tris Protein Gels(Invitrogen: NP0322BOX).

Assay Protocol

-   1) A 10 mM test compound was dissolved in 100% DMSO and serially    diluted 1 in 4. 100 nL of this dilution series was then added to a    384 well, v bottom polypropylene plate, excluding columns 6 and 18.    100 nL of DMSO was added to columns 6 and 18 as controls wells.    Assay dilution gave a top final assay concentration of test compound    of 100 μM-   2) 50 μl of 1% formic acid in laboratory grade water was added to    column 18 using a multidrop combi dispenser to act as a pre stopped    assay control.-   3) 5 μl of ‘enzyme solution’ containing 50 nM of purified    recombinant Full length Flag-LRRK2 in assay buffer (50 mM Hepes (pH    7.2), 10 mM MgCl2, 150 mM NaCl, 5% glycerol, 0.0025% triton X-100    and 1 mM DTT) was added to all wells using a multidrop combi    dispenser, giving a final assay concentration of 25 nM LRRK2 enzyme.    This resulted in column 6 (enzyme plus DMSO) giving 0% inhibition    and column 18 giving 100% inhibition (pre stopped control). Test    plates were then incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature.-   4) 5 μl ‘substate solution’ containing 50 uM LRRKtide peptide    substrate and 4 mM ATP was added to all wells of the plate using a    multidrop combi dispenser giving a final assay concentration of 25    uM LRRKtide and 2 mM ATP. Test plates were then incubated for 1 hour    at room temperature. (Incubation may vary depending on rate and    linearity of reaction with different enzyme batches).-   5) 50 μl of 1% formic acid in laboratory grade water was added to    all wells (minus column 18) to quench the reaction, and plates were    centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes. Test plates were then    analysed on an Agilent RapidFire High Throughput solid phase    extraction system coupled to AB Sciex API 4000 triple quadropole    mass spectrometer with the following setting:

RapidFire settings:

-   -   Sip Height=2 mm, Aspirate=500 ms, Load time=3000 ms, Elution        time=3000 ms, Requilibration=500 ms.    -   Flow rates: pump 1=1.5 mL/min, pump 2 1.25 mL/min pump 3=0.8        mL/min Mass Spectrometer Settings:    -   LRRKtide Detection settings: Q1 mass 644.8 Da, Q3 mass 638.8,        declustering potential 76 volts, collision energy 37 volts, CXP        34 volts.    -   Phospho-LRRKtide Detection settings: Q1 mass 671.4 Da, Q3 mass        638.8, Declustering potential 76 volts, Collision energy 37        volts, CXP 34 volts.    -   A C4 cartridge was used and running buffers were: A (aqueous)        0.1% formic acid in water B (organic) 0.1% formic acid, 80%        acetonitrile, 20% water.    -   Collision gas: 12, Curtain gas: 25, Ion Source gas (1): 60, Ion        Source gas (2): 60, Ion Spray Voltage: 5500, Temperature: 600,        Interfaec Heater: ON.    -   Resolution Q1: low, Resolution Q3: low.

-   6) Data was analysed using ActivityBase software (IDBS). A percent    conversion from LRRKtide to Phospho-LRRKtide was calculated using    the following formula:

% conversion=(Phospho-LRRKtide product peak area/(Phospho-LRRKtideproduct peak area+LRRKtide substrate peak area))*100

b. Recombinant Cellular LRRK2 AlphaScreen Assay

To determine the activity of compounds against LRRK2 kinase activity incells, the observed LRRK2 kinase-dependent modulation of LRRK2 Ser 935phosphorylation (Dzamko et al., 2010, Biochem. J. 430: 405-413) wasutilized to develop a quantitative 384 well plate-based immunoassay ofLRRK2 Ser935 phosphorylation in the human neuroblastoma cell lineSH-SY5Y, engineered to over-express recombinant full length LRRK2protein.

A BacMam virus expressing full length recombinant LRRK2 was purchasedfrom Invitrogen and amplified by inoculation of SF-9 cells at MOI 0.3for 4-5 days in Sf-900 III SFM medium supplemented with 3% fetal bovineserum. Infected cell cultures were then centrifuged at 2000 g for 20minutes, viral supernatant titer determined by anti-gp64 plaque assayand stored at 4° C.

Affinity-purified anti-phospho LRRK2 Ser935 sheep polyclonal antibody(Dzamko et al., 2010, Biochem. J. 430: 405-413) was biotinylated bystandard methods (PerkinElmer). Anti-LRRK2 rabbit polyclonal antibodywas purchased from Novus Biologicals. AlphaScreen Protein A IgG Kit(including acceptor and donor beads) was purchased from Perkin Elmer.

SH-SY5Y cells were grown in DMEM/F12 medium with 10% dialysed fetalbovine serum and harvested by treatment with 0.5% trypsin-EDTA for 5minutes at 37° C. followed by centrifugation at 1000 rpm for 4 minutes.The cell pellet was resuspended in Opti-MEM reduced serum media(Invitrogen) at 200,000 cells/ml and mixed with the BacMam LRRK2 virusat M01=50. 50 μl cell solutions were then dispensed to each well of a384-well plate and incubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ for 24 hours.

Serial dilutions of test compounds were prepared in Opti-MEM reducedserum media (Invitrogen) and 5.6 ul transferred from compound plate tocell assay plate to achieve a top final assay concentration of 10 uM.DMSO was used in certain wells as controls. Cells were incubated at 37°C., 5% CO₂ for 60 minutes. The medium was then removed and cells lysedby addition of 20 ul cell lysis buffer (Cell Signaling Technology) andincubation at 4° C. for 20 minutes. 10 ul of antibody/acceptor bead mix[(1/1000 biotinylated-pS935 LRRK2 antibody, 1/1000 total-LRRK2 antibody,1/100 Acceptor beads in AlphaScreen detection buffer (25 mM Hepes (pH7.4), 0.5% Triton X-100, 1 mg/ml Dextran 500 and 0.1% BSA)] was thenadded to each well and plates incubated for 2 hours at ambienttemperature in the dark. 10 μl of donor beads solution (1/33.3 donorbeads in AlphaScreen detection buffer) was then added to each well.Following incubation for a further 2 hours at ambient temperature in thedark, plates were read on an EnVision™ plate reader at emission 520-620nm with excitation 680 nm. Dose response curve data was based onsigmoidal dose-response model.

c. FASSIF Solubility Assay

Compound solubility may be evaluated in the fasted state simulatedintestinal media (FaSSIF) at pH 6.5. Certain amount of test compound wasadmixed with certain volume of FaSSIF to prepare a suspension of about 1mg/ml. The suspension was incubated at 37° C. in the water bath shakerfor 24 hours. At the 4^(th) and 24^(th) hour, the suspension wascentrifugated at 14K rpm for 15 minutes. 100 μl of the supernatant waswithdrawn and diluted with the same volume of 50% acetonitrile watersolution and analysed with UPLC (Ultra performance LiquidChromatography). FaSSIF solubility was calculated based on the peak areaof the test compound.

The FaSSIF (170 ml) preparation 100 mg of lecithin and 274 mg (anhydequiv) of NaTaurocholate were dissolved in about 150 ml of pH 6.5buffer. The solution was made to the volume of 170 ml with the pH 6.5buffer.

The pH 6.5 buffer solution (1 L) preparation 4.083 g KH₂PO₄ and 7.456 gKCl were dissolved in 800 ml of water, with 100 ml 0.1 M NaOHsubsequently added. The solution was made to the volume of 1 L withwater. The pH value of the buffer solution was measured and adjusted tobe 6.50±0.1.

Standard solutions for UPLC calibration and solubility calculation 2 μM,20 μM and 200 μM DMSO (50% ACN water) solutions.

UPLC Method and Parameter

-   -   Instrument: Waters ACQUITY UPLC System    -   Column: Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 (1.7 μm, 2.1×50 mm)    -   Mobile phase: A: 0.1% TFA in water/B: 0.1% TFA in CAN    -   Gradient: 0 min (A 95%/B 5%), 2 min (A 5%/B 95%), 2.5 min (A        5%/B 95%), 2.6 min (A 95%/B 5%), 3 min (A 95%/B 5%)    -   Flow rate: 0.8 mL/min; column temperature: 40° C.; injection        volume: 1.0 μL; UV detection: 280 nm

d. CLND Solubility Assay

Kinetic solubility of a compound may be evaluated by the CLND(ChemiLuminescent Nitrogen Detection) solubility assay, based on knownprotocols (see, e.g., Bhattachar S. N.; Wesley J. A.; Seadeek C.,Evaluation of the Chemiluminescent Nitrogen Detector for SolubilityDeterminations to Support Drug Discovery, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2006(41):152-157; Kestranek A, Chervenek A, Logenberger J, Placko S.Chemiluminescent Nitrogen Detection (CLND) to Measure Kinetic AqueousSolubility, Curr Protoc Chem Biol., 2013, 5(4):269-80). Typically, 5 μlof 10 mM DMSO stock solution of the test compound was diluted to 100 μlwith pH7.4 phosphate buffered saline, equilibrated for 1 hour at roomtemperature, filtered through Millipore MultiscreenHTS-PCF filter plates(MSSL BPC). The filtrate is quantified by suitably calibrated flowinjection Chemi-Luminescent Nitrogen Detection.

2. Assay Data

Compounds of Examples E1-E21, E25-E28, E30, E31, E34, and E37-E41 weretested in the recombinant cellular LRRK2 AlphaScreen assay and exhibiteda pIC50 of ≥6.5.

Compounds of Examples E1-E9, E11, E13-E17, E25-E28, E30, E31, E34, andE37-E41 were tested in the recombinant cellular LRRK2 AlphaScreen assayand exhibited a pIC50 of ≥7.

Example 1 exhibited an pIC50 of 8.3 in the the recombinant cellularLRRK2 AlphaScreen assay. In additiona, E29, E32, E33, and E42 exhibitedan pIC50 of 8.2, 8.0, 8.0 and 8.7, respectively.

Compounds of Examples E3-E6, E10-E12, E17-E21, and E25-E31 were testedin the full length G2019 human LRRK2 Inhibition Mass Spectrometry assayand exhibited a pIC50 of ≥6.5. Example 32 exhibited exhibited an pIC50of 8.0.

3. Sequence listingSEQ ID NO: 1 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: pHTBV-F5′-GATCTCGACGGGCGCGGATCCACCATGGATTACAAGGATGACGACGAT-3′SEQ ID NO: 2 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: LRRK2 wt-F15′-CATGGATTACAAGGATGACGACGATAAGATGGCTAGTGGCAGCTGTCAG-3′SEQ ID NO: 3 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: LRRK2 wt-R15′-GTTCACGAGATCCACTATTCAGTAAGAGTTCCACCAATTTGGGACTG-3′SEQ ID NO: 4 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: LRRK2 wt-F25′- GAATAGTGGATCTCGTGAACAAG-3′SEQ ID NO: 5 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: LRRK2 wt-R25′- GTCAGACAAACTGCTTGGAACCAGC-3′SEQ ID NO: 6 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: LRRK2 wt-F35′-CTGGTTCCAAGCAGTTTGTCTGACCACAGGCCTGTGATAG-3′SEQ ID NO: 7 Primers used for PCR cloning of Human G2019 LRRK2 plasmids preparation: pHTBV-R5′- GTTCTAGCCAAGCTTGGTACCCTATTACTCAACAGATGTTCGTCTC-3′SEQ ID NO: 8 G2019 Full length Flag-LRRK2 coding sequenceatggattacaaggatgacgacgataagATGGCTAGTGGCAGCTGTCAGGGGTGCGAAGAGGACGAGGAAACTCTGAAGAAGTTGATAGTCAGGCTGAACAATGTCCAGGAAGGAAAACAGATAGAAACGCTGGTCCAAATCCTGGAGGATCTGCTGGTGTTCACGTACTCCGAGCACGCCTCCAAGTTATTTCAAGGCAAAAATATCCATGTGCCTCTGTTGATCGTCTTGGACTCCTATATGAGAGTCGCGAGTGTGCAGCAGGTGGGTTGGTCACTTCTGTGCAAATTAATAGAAGTCTGTCCAGGTACAATGCAAAGCTTAATGGGACCCCAGGATGTTGGAAATGATTGGGAAGTCCTTGGTGTTCACCAATTGATTCTTAAAATGCTAACAGTTCATAATGCCAGTGTAAACTTGTCAGTGATTGGACTGAAGACCTTAGATCTCCTCCTAACTTCAGGTAAAATCACCTTGCTGATACTGGATGAAGAAAGTGATATTTTCATGTTAATTTTTGATGCCATGCACTCATTTCCAGCCAATGATGAAGTCCAGAAACTTGGATGCAAAGCTTTACATGTGACTGTTTGGAGAGTCTCAGAGGAGCAACTGACTGAATTTGTTGAGAACAAAGATTATATGATATTGTTAAGTGCGTTAACAAATTTTAAAGATGAAGAGGAAATTGTGCTTCATGTGCTGCATTGTTTACATTCCCTAGCGATTCCTTGCAATAATGTGGAAGTCCTCATGAGTGGCAATGTCAGGTGTTATAATATTGTGGTGGAAGCTATGAAAGCATTCCCTATGAGTGAAAGAATTCAAGAAGTGAGTTGCTGTTTGCTCCATAGGCTTACATTAGGTAATTTTTTCAATATCCTGGTATTAAACGAAGTCCATGAGTTTGTGGTGAAAGCTGTGCAGCAGTACCCAGAGAATGCAGCATTGCAGATCTCAGCGCTCAGCTGTTTGGCCCTCCTCACTGAGACTATTTTCTTAAATCAAGATTTAGAGGAAAAGAATGAGAATCAAGAGAATGATGATGAGGGGGAAGAAGATAAATTGTTTTGGCTGGAAGCCTGTTACAAAGCATTAACGTGGCATAGAAAGAACAAGCACGTGCAGGAGGCCGCATGCTGGGCACTAAATAATCTCCTTATGTACCAAAACAGTTTACATGAGAAGATTGGAGATGAAGATGGCCATTTCCCAGCTCATAGGGAAGTGATGCTCTCCATGCTGATGCATTCTTCATCAAAGGAAGTTTTCCAGGCATCTGCGAATGCATTGTCAACTCTCTTAGAACAAAATGTTAATTTCAGAAAAATACTGTTATCAAAAGGAATACACCTGAATGTTTTGGGAGTTAATGCAAAGCATATACATTCTCCTGAAGTGGCTGAAAGTGGCTGTAAAATGCTAAATCATCTTTTTGAAGGAAGCAACACTTCCCTGGATATAATGGCAGCAGTGGTCCCCAAAATACTAACAGTTATGAAACGTCATGAGACATCATTACCAGTGCAGCTGGAGGCGCTTCGAGCTATTTTACATTTTATAGTGCCTGGCATGCCAGAAGAATCCAGGGAGGATACAGAATTTCATCATAAGCTAAATATGGTTAAAAAACAGTGTTTCAAGAATGATATTCACAAACTGGTCCTAGCAGCTTTGAACAGGTTCATTGGAAATCCTGGGATTCAGAAATGTGGATTAAAAGTAATTTCTTCTATTGTACATTTTCCTGATGCATTAGAGATGTTATCCCTGGAAGGTGCTATGGATTCAGTGCTTCACACACTGCAGATGTATCCAGATGACCAAGAAATTCAGTGTCTGGGTTTAAGTCTTATAGGATACTTGATTACAAAGAAGAATGTGTTCATAGGAACTGGACATCTGCTGGCAAAAATTCTGGTTTCCAGCTTATACCGATTTAAGGATGTTGCTGAAATACAGACTAAAGGATTTCAGACAATCTTAGCAATCCTCAAATTGTCAGCATCTTTTTCTAAGCTGCTGGTGCATCATTCATTTGACTTAGTAATATTCCATCAAATGTCTTCCAATATCATGGAACAAAAGGATCAACAGTTTCTAAACCTCTGTTGCAAGTGTTTTGCAAAAGTAGCTATGGATGATTACTTAAAAAATGTGATGCTAGAGAGAGCGTGTGATCAGAATAACAGCATCATGGTTGAATGCTTGCTTCTATTGGGAGCAGATGCCAATCAAGCAAAGGAGGGATCTTCTTTAATTTGTCAGGTATGTGAGAAAGAGAGCAGTCCCAAATTGGTGGAACTCTTACTGAATAGTGGATCTCGTGAACAAGATGTACGAAAAGCGTTGACGATAAGCATTGGGAAAGGTGACAGCCAGATCATCAGCTTGCTCTTAAGGAGGCTGGCCCTGGATGTGGCCAACAATAGCATTTGCCTTGGAGGATTTTGTATAGGAAAAGTTGAACCTTCTTGGCTTGGTCCTTTATTTCCAGATAAGACTTCTAATTTAAGGAAACAAACAAATATAGCATCTACACTAGCAAGAATGGTGATCAGATATCAGATGAAAAGTGCTGTGGAAGAAGGAACAGCCTCAGGCAGCGATGGAAATTTTTCTGAAGATGTGCTGTCTAAATTTGATGAATGGACCTTTATTCCTGACTCTTCTATGGACAGTGTGTTTGCTCAAAGTGATGACCTGGATAGTGAAGGAAGTGAAGGCTCATTTCTTGTGAAAAAGAAATCTAATTCAATTAGTGTAGGAGAATTTTACCGAGATGCCGTATTACAGCGTTGCTCACCAAATTTGCAAAGACATTCCAATTCCTTGGGGCCCATTTTTGATCATGAAGATTTACTGAAGCGAAAAAGAAAAATATTATCTTCAGATGATTCACTCAGGTCATCAAAACTTCAATCCCATATGAGGCATTCAGACAGCATTTCTTCTCTGGCTTCTGAGAGAGAATATATTACATCACTAGACCTTTCAGCAAATGAACTAAGAGATATTGATGCCCTAAGCCAGAAATGCTGTATAAGTGTTCATTTGGAGCATCTTGAAAAGCTGGAGCTTCACCAGAATGCACTCACGAGCTTTCCACAACAGCTATGTGAAACTCTGAAGAGTTTGACACATTTGGACTTGCACAGTAATAAATTTACATCATTTCCTTCTTATTTGTTGAAAATGAGTTGTATTGCTAATCTTGATGTCTCTCGAAATGACATTGGACCCTCAGTGGTTTTAGATCCTACAGTGAAATGTCCAACTCTGAAACAGTTTAACCTGTCATATAACCAGCTGTCTTTTGTACCTGAGAACCTCACTGATGTGGTAGAGAAACTGGAGCAGCTCATTTTAGAAGGAAATAAAATATCAGGGATATGCTCCCCCTTGAGACTGAAGGAACTGAAGATTTTAAACCTTAGTAAGAACCACATTTCATCCCTATCAGAGAACTTTCTTGAGGCTTGTCCTAAAGTGGAGAGTTTCAGTGCCAGAATGAATTTTCTTGCTGCTATGCCTTTCTTGCCTCCTTCTATGACAATCCTAAAATTATCTCAGAACAAATTTTCCTGTATTCCAGAAGCAATTTTAAATCTTCCACACTTGCGGTCTTTAGATATGAGCAGCAATGATATTCAGTACCTACCAGGTCCCGCACACTGGAAATCTTTGAACTTAAGGGAACTCTTATTTAGCCATAATCAGATCAGCATCTTGGACTTGAGTGAAAAAGCATATTTATGGTCTAGAGTAGAGAAACTGCATCTTTCTCACAATAAACTGAAAGAGATTCCTCCTGAGATTGGCTGTCTTGAAAATCTGACATCTCTGGATGTCAGTTACAACTTGGAACTAAGATCCTTTCCCAATGAAATGGGGAAATTAAGCAAAATATGGGATCTTCCTTTGGATGAACTGCATCTTAACTTTGATTTTAAACATATAGGATGTAAAGCCAAAGACATCATAAGGTTTCTTCAACAGCGATTAAAAAAGGCTGTGCCTTATAACCGAATGAAACTTATGATTGTGGGAAATACTGGGAGTGGTAAAACCACCTTATTGCAGCAATTAATGAAAACCAAGAAATCAGATCTTGGAATGCAAAGTGCCACAGTTGGCATAGATGTGAAAGACTGGCCTATCCAAATAAGAGACAAAAGAAAGAGAGATCTCGTCCTAAATGTGTGGGATTTTGCAGGTCGTGAGGAATTCTATAGTACTCATCCCCATTTTATGACGCAGCGAGCATTGTACCTTGCTGTCTATGACCTCAGCAAGGGACAGGCTGAAGTTGATGCCATGAAGCCTTGGCTCTTCAATATAAAGGCTCGCGCTTCTTCTTCCCCTGTGATTCTCGTTGGCACACATTTGGATGTTTCTGATGAGAAGCAACGCAAAGCCTGCATGAGTAAAATCACCAAGGAACTCCTGAATAAGCGAGGGTTCCCTGCCATACGAGATTACCACTTTGTGAATGCCACCGAGGAATCTGATGCTTTGGCAAAACTTCGGAAAACCATCATAAACGAGAGCCTTAATTTCAAGATCCGAGATCAGCTTGTTGTTGGACAGCTGATTCCAGACTGCTATGTAGAACTTGAAAAAATCATTTTATCGGAGCGTAAAAATGTGCCAATTGAATTTCCCGTAATTGACCGGAAACGATTATTACAACTAGTGAGAGAAAATCAGCTGCAGTTAGATGAAAATGAGCTTCCTCACGCAGTTCACTTTCTAAATGAATCAGGAGTCCTTCTTCATTTTCAAGACCCAGCACTGCAGTTAAGTGACTTGTACTTTGTGGAACCCAAGTGGCTTTGTAAAATCATGGCACAGATTTTGACAGTGAAAGTGGAAGGTTGTCCAAAACACCCTAAGGGAATTATTTCGCGTAGAGATGTGGAAAAATTTCTTTCAAAGAAAAGGAAATTTCCAAAGAACTACATGTCACAGTATTTTAAGCTCCTAGAAAAATTCCAGATTGCTTTGCCAATAGGAGAAGAATATTTGCTGGTTCCAAGCAGTTTGTCTGACCACAGGCCTGTGATAGAGCTTCCCCATTGTGAGAACTCTGAAATTATCATCCGACTATATGAAATGCCTTATTTTCCAATGGGATTTTGGTCAAGATTAATCAATCGATTACTTGAGATTTCACCTTACATGCTTTCAGGGAGAGAACGAGCACTTCGCCCAAACAGAATGTATTGGCGACAAGGCATTTACTTAAATTGGTCTCCTGAAGCTTATTGTCTGGTAGGATCTGAAGTCTTAGACAATCATCCAGAGAGTTTCTTAAAAATTACAGTTCCTTCTTGTAGAAAAGGCTGTATTCTTTTGGGCCAAGTTGTGGACCACATTGATTCTCTCATGGAAGAATGGTTTCCTGGGTTGCTGGAGATTGATATTTGTGGTGAAGGAGAAACTCTGTTGAAGAAATGGGCATTATATAGTTTTAATGATGGTGAAGAACATCAAAAAATCTTACTTGATGACTTGATGAAGAAAGCAGAGGAAGGAGATCTCTTAGTAAATCCAGATCAACCAAGGCTCACCATTCCAATATCTCAGATTGCCCCTGACTTGATTTTGGCTGACCTGCCTAGAAATATTATGTTGAATAATGATGAGTTGGAATTTGAACAAGCTCCAGAGTTTCTCCTAGGTGATGGCAGTTTTGGATCAGTTTACCGAGCAGCCTATGAAGGAGAAGAAGTGGCTGTGAAGATTTTTAATAAACATACATCACTCAGGCTGTTAAGACAAGAGCTTGTGGTGCTTTGCCACCTCCACCACCCCAGTTTGATATCTTTGCTGGCAGCTGGGATTCGTCCCCGGATGTTGGTGATGGAGTTAGCCTCCAAGGGTTCCTTGGATCGCCTGCTTCAGCAGGACAAAGCCAGCCTCACTAGAACCCTACAGCACAGGATTGCACTCCACGTAGCTGATGGTTTGAGATACCTCCACTCAGCCATGATTATATACCGAGACCTGAAACCCCACAATGTGCTGCTTTTCACACTGTATCCCAATGCTGCCATCATTGCAAAGATTGCTGACTACGGCATTGCTCAGTACTGCTGTAGAATGGGGATAAAAACATCAGAGGGCACACCAGGGTTTCGTGCACCTGAAGTTGCCAGAGGAAATGTCATTTATAACCAACAGGCTGATGTTTATTCATTTGGTTTACTACTCTATGACATTTTGACAACTGGAGGTAGAATAGTAGAGGGTTTGAAGTTTCCAAATGAGTTTGATGAATTAGAAATACAAGGAAAATTACCTGATCCAGTTAAAGAATATGGTTGTGCCCCATGGCCTATGGTTGAGAAATTAATTAAACAGTGTTTGAAAGAAAATCCTCAAGAAAGGCCTACTTCTGCCCAGGTCTTTGACATTTTGAATTCAGCTGAATTAGTCTGTCTGACGAGACGCATTTTATTACCTAAAAACGTAATTGTTGAATGCATGGTTGCTACACATCACAACAGCAGGAATGCAAGCATTTGGCTGGGCTGTGGGCACACCGACAGAGGACAGCTCTCATTTCTTGACTTAAATACTGAAGGATACACTTCTGAGGAAGTTGCTGATAGTAGAATATTGTGCTTAGCCTTGGTGCATCTTCCTGTTGAAAAGGAAAGCTGGATTGTGTCTGGGACACAGTCTGGTACTCTCCTGGTCATCAATACCGAAGATGGGAAAAAGAGACATACCCTAGAAAAGATGACTGATTCTGTCACTTGTTTGTATTGCAATTCCTTTTCCAAGCAAAGCAAACAAAAAAATTTTCTTTTGGTTGGAACCGCTGATGGCAAGTTAGCAATTTTTGAAGATAAGACTGTTAAGCTTAAAGGAGCTGCTCCTTTGAAGATACTAAATATAGGAAATGTCAGTACTCCATTGATGTGTTTGAGTGAATCCACAAATTCAACGGAAAGAAATGTAATGTGGGGAGGATGTGGCACAAAGATTTTCTCCTTTTCTAATGATTTCACCATTCAGAAACTCATTGAGACAAGAACAAGCCAACTGTTTTCTTATGCAGCTTTCAGTGATTCCAACATCATAACAGTGGTGGTAGACACTGCTCTCTATATTGCTAAGCAAAATAGCCCTGTTGTGGAAGTGTGGGATAAGAAAACTGAAAAACTCTGTGGACTAATAGACTGCGTGCACTTTTTAAGGGAGGTAATGGTAAAAGAAAACAAGGAATCAAAACACAAAATGTCTTATTCTGGGAGAGTGAAAACCCTCTGCCTTCAGAAGAACACTGCTCTTTGGATAGGAACTGGAGGAGGCCATATTTTACTCCTGGATCTTTCAACTCGTCGACTTATACGTGTAATTTACAACTTTTGTAATTCGGTCAGAGTCATGATGACAGCACAGCTAGGAAGCCTTAAAAATGTCATGCTGGTATTGGGCTACAACCGGAAAAATACTGAAGGTACACAAAAGCAGAAAGAGATACAATCTTGCTTGACCGTTTGGGACATCAATCTTCCACATGAAGTGCAAAATTTAGAAAAACACATTGAAGTGAGAAAAGAATTAGCTGAAAAAATGAGACGAACATCTGTTGAGTAASEQ ID NO: 9 Translated protein sequence for human G2019 Full length LRRK2 flag tagged proteinMDYKDDDDKMASGSCQGCEEDEETLKKLIVRLNNVQEGKQIETLVQILEDLLVFTYSEHASKLFQGKNIHVPLLIVLDSYMRVASVQQVGWSLLCKLIEVCPGTMQSLMGPQDVGNDWEVLGVHQLILKMLTVHNASVNLSVIGLKTLDLLLTSGKITLLILDEESDIFMLIFDAMHSFPANDEVQKLGCKALHVLFERVSEEQLTEFVENKDYMILLSALTNFKDEEEIVLHVLHCLHSLAIPCNNVEVLMSGNVRCYNIVVEAMKAFPMSERIQEVSCCLLHRLTLGNFFNILVLNEVHEFVVKAVQQYPENAALQISALSCLALLTETIFLNQDLEEKNENQENDDEGEEDKLFWLEACYKALTWHRKNKHVQEAACWALNNLLMYQNSLHEKIGDEDGHFPAHREVMLSMLMHSSSKEVFQASANALSTLLEQNVNFRKILLSKGIHLNVLELMQKHIHSPEVAESGCKMLNHLFEGSNTSLDIMAAVVPKILTVMKRHETSLPVQLEALRAILHFIVPGMPEESREDTEFHHKLNMVKKQCFKNDIHKLVLAALNRFIGNPGIQKCGLKVISSIVHFPDALEMLSLEGAMDSVLHTLQMYPDDQEIQCLGLSLIGYLITKKNVFIGTGHLLAKILVSSLYRFKDVAEIQTKGFQTILAILKLSASFSKLLVHHSFDLVIFHQMSSNIMEQKDQQFLNLCCKCFAKVAMDDYLKNVMLERACDQNNSIMVECLLLLGADANQAKEGSSLICQVCEKESSPKLVELLLNSGSREQDVRKALTISIGKGDSQIISLLLRRLALDVANNSICLGGFCIGKVEPSWLGPLFPDKTSNLRKQTNIASTLARMVIRYQMKSAVEEGTASGSDGNFSEDVLSKFDEWTFIPDSSMDSVFAQSDDLDSEGSEGSFLVKKKSNSISVGEFYRDAVLQRCSPNLQRHSNSLGPIFDHEDLLKRKRKILSSDDSLRSSKLQSHMRHSDSISSLASEREYITSLDLSANELRDIDALSQKCCISVHLEHLEKLELHQNALTSFPQQLCETLKSLTHLDLHSNKFTSFPSYLLKMSCIANLDVSRNDIGPSVVLDPTVKCPTLKQFNLSYNQLSFVPENLTDVVEKLEQLILEGNKISGICSPLRLKELKILNLSKNHISSLSENFLEACPKVESFSARMNFLAAMPFLPPSMTILKLSQNKFSCIPEAILNLPHLRSLDMSSNDIQYLPGPAHWKSLNLRELLFSHNQISILDLSEKAYLWSRVEKLHLSHNKLKEIPPEIGCLENLTSLDVSYNLELRSFPNEMGKLSKIWDLPLDELHLNFDFKHIGCKAKDIIRFLQQRLKKAVPYNRMKLMIVGNIGSGKTILLQQLMKTKKSDLGMQSATVGIDVKDWPIQIRDKRKRDLVLNVVVDFAGREEFYSTHPHFMTQRALYLAVYDLSKGQAEVDAMKPWLFNIKARASSSPVILVGTHLDVSDEKQRKACMSKITKELLNKRGFPAIRDYHFVNATEESDALAKLRKTIINESLNFKIRDQLVVGQLIPDCYVELEKIILSERKNVPIEFPVIDRKRLLQLVRENQLQLDENELPHAVHFLNESGVLLHFQDPALQLSDLYFVEPKWLCKIMAQILTVKVEGCPKHPKGIISRRDVEKFLSKKRKFPKNYMSQYFKLLEKFQIALPIGEEYLLVPSSLSDHRPVIELPHCENSEIIIRLYEMPYFPMGFWSRLINRLLEISPYMLSGRERALRPNRMYWRQGIYLNWSPEAYCLVGSEVLDNHPESFLKITVPSCRKGCILLGQVVDHIDSLMEEWFPGLLEIDICGEGETLLKKWALYSFNDGEEHQKILLDDLMKKAEEGDLLVNPDQPRLTIPISQIAPDLILADLPRNIMLNNDELEFEQAPEFLLGDGSFGSVYRAAYEGEEVAVKIFNKHTSLRLLRQELVVLCHLHHPSLISLLAAGIRPRMLVMELASKGSLDRLLQQDKASLTRTLQHRIALHVADGLRYLHSAMIIYRDLKPHNVLLFTLYPNAAIIAKIADYGIAQYCCRMGIKTSEGTPGFRAPEVARGNVIYNQQADVYSFGLLLYDILTTGGRIVEGLKFPNEFDELEIQGKLPDPVKEYGCAPWPMVEKLIKQCLKENPQERPTSAQVFDILNSAELVCLTRRILLPKNVIVECMVATHHNSRNASIWLGCGHTDRGQLSFLDLNTEGYTSEEVADSRILCLALVHLPVEKESWIVSGTQSGTLLVINTEDGKKRHTLEKMTDSVTCLYCNSFSKQSKQKNFLLVGTADGKLAIFEDKTVKLKGAAPLKILNIGNVSTPLMCLSESTNSTERNVMWGGCGTKIFSFSNDFTIQKLIETRTSQLFSYAAFSDSNIITVVVDTALYIAKQNSPVVEVWDKKTEKLCGLIDCVHFLREVMVKENKESKHKMSYSGRVKTLCLQKNTALWIGTGGGHILLLDLSTRRLIRVIYNFCNSVRVMMTAQLGSLKNVMLVLGYNRKNTEGTQKQKEIQSCLTVWDINLPHEVQNLEKHIEVRKELAEKMRRTSVE 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 21. A compound of Formula (I):

wherein R¹ is selected from the group consisting of CN, C₁₋₃ alkyl, C₁₋₃alkoxy, C₁₋₃haloalkyl, and C₃ cycloalkyl; R² is selected from the groupconsisting of H, halo, CN, C₁₋₃alkyl and C₁₋₃ haloalkyl; R³ is selectedfrom the group consisting of: a) an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclylring optionally substituted with one or two substituents independentlyselected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₆alkyl and C₁₋₆alkoxyl, wherein: the C₁₋₆alkyl group is optionally substituted with oneor two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of:halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃alkoxy and cyclopropyl, and the C₁₋₆ alkoxyl groupis optionally substituted with one or two substitutents independentlyselected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl;and when the N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring contains asubstitutable nitrogen atom, the N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ringoptionally is substituted by a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring; wherein: the 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring optionally is substituted with one,two or three substitutents independently selected from halo, hydroxyl,and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl, provided that: the 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring isattached to said substitutable nitrogen atom of the N-linked 4-6membered heterocyclyl ring; b) NHR⁸; and c) OR⁸; R⁴ and R⁵ areindependently selected from the group consisting of H, hydroxyl andhalo; R⁶ is halo, hydroxyl or —(CH₂)_(n)SO₂C₁₋₃alkyl; wherein: n is 0,1, 2 or 3; R⁷ is selected from the group consisting of H, Cyclopropyl,C₁₋₃ alkyl, —CH₂CH₂— and CH₂CH₂CH₂—; wherein: the C₁₋₃alkyl optionallyis substituted with one, two or three substitutents independentlyselected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl;in the —CH₂CH₂CH₂—, one terminal carbon joins with the carbon atom towhich another terminal carbon atom is attached to form a ring; R⁸ isindependently selected from the group consisting of a C₄₋₆ cycloalkyland a 4-6 membered heterocyclyl that contains nitrogen or oxygenwherein: the C₄₋₆ cycloalkyl group optionally substituted with one, twoor three substituents independently selected from the group consistingof halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃ alkoxyl and C₁₋₃ alkyl; the 4-6 memberedheterocyclyl that contains nitrogen or oxygen optionally is substitutedwith one or more substitutents independently selected from the groupconsisting of halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃ alkoxyl and C₁₋₃ alkyl, wherein: theC₁₋₃ alkyl group of the C₄₋₆ cycloalkyl group and the 4-6 memberedheterocyclyl group, respectively, optionally is substituted with one twoor three substituents independently selected from halo and hydroxyl; ora pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 22. The compound of Formula(I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt according to claim 21, whereinR¹ is selected from the group consisting of C₁₋₃ alkyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl.23. The compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable saltaccording to claim 21, wherein R² is selected from the group consistingof H, halo and C₁₋₃alkyl.
 24. The compound of Formula (I) orpharmaceutically acceptable salt according to claim 21, wherein R⁴ andR⁵ are independently selected from the group consisting of H and fluoro.25. The compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable saltaccording to claim 24, wherein R⁴ and R⁵ are both H.
 26. The compound ofFormula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt according to claim 21,wherein: R³ is an N-linked 4-6 membered heterocyclyl ring optionallysubstituted with one or two substituents independently selected from thegroup consisting of halo, hydroxyl, C₁₋₃alkyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl; wherein:the C₁₋₃ alkyl group optionally is substituted with one or twosubstituents independently selected from the group consisting of halo,hydroxyl and C₁₋₃alkoxy, and the C₁₋₃ alkoxyl group is optionallysubstituted with one or two substitutents independently selected fromhalo, hydroxyl and C₁₋₃ alkoxyl.
 27. The compound of Formula (I) orpharmaceutically acceptable salt according to claim 21, wherein R⁶ isfluoro or hydroxyl.
 28. The compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt according to claim 21, wherein R⁷ is H.
 29. A compoundwhich is

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 30. A pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceuticallyacceptable salt thereof according to claim 21 and at least onepharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s).
 31. A method for treating aneurodegenerative disease, which comprises administering to a subject inneed thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula(I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt according to claim
 21. 32. Themethod for treating a neurodegenerative disease according to claim 31,wherein the neurodegenerative disease is Parkinson's disease.
 33. Themethod for treating a neurodegenerative disease according to claim 32,wherein the subject is a human.
 34. The method for treating aneurodegenerative disease according to claim 33, wherein the subject isa human expressing the G2019S mutation in the LRRK2 kinase.